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Smart TVs must showcase Australian free-to-air channels alongside streaming services under proposed legislation (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (10 children)

All i want for Christmas is a large dumb tv

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Hard to find, and unnecessary, as long as it has HDMI ports.

I have NEVER hooked up a smart TV to the Internet, and they work just fine with my digital boxes.

Same goes for the Blu-ray player that has Netflix, fuck that noise.

If there's a dumb option that is cheaper, go for it. Just don't think you have to pay a premium for it, when you can just not put the TV on your network.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I feel that they will soon have built-in 5G that you can't disable, to phone home.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That would require a subscription to a 5G carrier, which would be crazy expensive here.

I can’t remember which brands, but some have been found to connect to any open wifi network to do it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They basically did the same thing several decades ago with Kindles and whispernet. It’s not really that crazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that required a partnership with carriers for a legitimate use. I hope none of the carriers would allow use of their networks for things that don’t need it, but who knows?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You’re right. They care about our privacy and would never do anything to sully that trust. Certainly not through a partnership with an electronics manufacturer that pays them to do it…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That’s a good expansion of what I meant by “who knows…?”

Maybe there needs to be laws in place to prevent devices that don’t need it from having 5G access. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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