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[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Spin up pihole and just look at the data coming to your “smart” TV’s even when you are not using them. Then consider the data they must be sending home, the only thing “smart” TVs are good at is watching you watch them (or not watching them). I would highly recommend getting a pi or media computer for your TV’s.

I do not think I can stress this enough smart TV’s are not smart for you they are smart for whoever made the TV. Manufactures sell TV’s at a loss now because they get more by selling you.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

highly recommend getting a pi or media computer

Been looking at this for years, Fam is absolutely refusing to use a keyboard in the living room. They'll watch on their phones first. I can't find a clear, easy solution to run a quality remote on a SFF pc. It's like the decades old mediacenter hole that never gets filled.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They do not sell TVs at a loss lol.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Retailers don't, but those $300 60" TVs cost manufacturers more than that in parts and shipping. They are 100% making up for it in LTV from your data, that's why some are trying to make it impossible not to use them when not connected to the internet.

I have an Nvidia Shield stick that's android based and one day Google started pushing live Taco Bell ads to it on the ambient Home Screen. That was the last day pi-hole ever let it phone home.

[–] tkohldesac@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Agreed. Watching the queries on the pi-hole dashboard has been eye-opening.