For clarification: they will only remove the tile, not the copilot app. They state it’s non-removable, and say it’s not a service that runs.
However, my concern is what is to stop Microsoft (or LG) from enabling it in the future?
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It can't be enabled by Microsoft since the tile is only a link opening the Copilot website using the TV's browser - it's a URL shorcut.
Buy monitors and hook them up to hardware and software you control. Fuck 'smart' TVs.
Or buy smart TV's and never connect them to the internet.
This is what I did (jyave an LG) That said I only use it as a monitor from my Shield Pro , id be happier with just a TV that also had DP (fuck the HDMI alliance and their refusal to allow a Linux driver) but where ?
Yep. My LG C5 isn't hooked up to the Internet. I would have gone with a (non-tv) monitor, but I couldn't find any 55 inch 120hz OLED monitors.
That’s my method. My new tv has never known the internet and never will. USB updates are still available and very simple to install. AppleTV handles the apps the tv just displays them.
Until someone has an unsecured Internet-connected hotspot, and then it's over. :-(
What part can I take a hammer and chisel to?
webOS started as the future of phone OSes
Now it’s cramming spyware into your home.
Palm Pre was goated. It had a little paratroopers game that I think about far too often. Nice and small, physical keyboard. Damn.
serious question, is it even possible to buy a non-smart tv? Only in smaller sizes?
I think the best option is to get a smart tv but make sure you dont let it connect to the internet and make sure it doesnt show ads when it cant. And never update its software.
Im still on a panasonic 10 year old plasma that has no smart tv functions, still works very well. But it will probably break one day...
These are dumb "monitors" that are 43 in. It's basically an old TV!
https://www.acer.com/us-en/predator/monitors/cg
I'm sure you can find other, larger ones too.
I haven't looked into it myself but one option I've heard is buying (often refurb/second hand because I think they're pricy) commercial displays such as businesses use (think fast food restaurant menus above the counter and the like).