tv software is the great equalizer.

[log@mastodon.sdf.org]

@samhenrigold I put LG on the "never buy" list after they replaced their first smart TV OS, NetCast, and just completely abandoned the platform. This was shortly after buying my very first "smart" TV, ever. We had to watch Netflix via the Wii, instead.

In doing my research on "screw LG forever" I determined that all "smart" TVs were crap-by-design, and the best practice is lock it down as best you can and serve it HDMI from a computer you can better control.

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@samhenrigold Quibby and Seeso would like to know your location

[funkula@goblin.camp]

@samhenrigold needs a Poob button

[stine@mstdn.social]

@log @samhenrigold anything is better than having to deal with what lg calls « software »

[funkula@goblin.camp]

@samhenrigold

[kouett@soc.kouett.net.eu.org]

@samhenrigold mmmmh hesitating between lg channels and sling

[marco@mastodon.skup.in]

@samhenrigold That's why I'll never ever buy a smart tv. Just a dumb OLED panel with a raspi attached.

[samhenrigold@hachyderm.io]

@funkula the poob button, or as i call it for short, the poo butt

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@samhenrigold
Enshittification you can hold in the palm of your hand.
Bong hits 4 Jesus.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@samhenrigold @Firewire
May I suggest, LG One, or LG Now?

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@PhoenixWright @samhenrigold
And remember to always use a VPN when your use your surveillance TV device.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@PhoenixWright @samhenrigold
Where does one acquire Aurora Store, Phoenix?

[print@findout.media]

@samhenrigold

And both will be making big money by selling information in what you watch every second of the day to data brokers.

Also other information it gathers such as, ip address, wifi details etc, so this data can be combined with your Facebook, app data, web browsing surveys,,
other offline data , all to build profiles on you , to target you with ads.

The tv makers are even selling tvs below cost, as they make more $ selling data, than tvs.
LG insert their own ads on screen as well.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@PhoenixWright @samhenrigold
TY, Phoenix, and stay safe out there!

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@PhoenixWright @samhenrigold
Many thanks for this relief, Phoenix!
Bong hits 4 Jesus.

[clickymcticker@hachyderm.io]

@samhenrigold @jessesheidlower I connected it to a network whose firewall rejects all traffic. Operated it to the best of my ability to hit every online feature and explicitly block every goddamned thing that attempted to phone home (from every other network). Went back and whitelisted the one app I wanted. The UI is nice and clean because it has never had a drop of bandwidth to cache advertisements.

[sillyunicode@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@samhenrigold I recently replaced my smart TV with a small Linux machine running a vnc server wired in to it and I'm always so glad I did. It's a little unwieldy to control from my phone but holy crap is it better than ANY smart TV

[argonel@dice.camp]

@samhenrigold and what I want is a screen that turns on with the connected devices and turns off when I turn them off. Ideally I will use the remote to tweak settings and then never have to touch it again.

[krnlkule@findout.media]

@samhenrigold Never setup network settings on a TV! Get your own streamingbox (I use apple TV it allows a little more control) or make one. TV’s are to easy to hack or modify, plus they spy.