▲ | drnick1 9 hours ago | |
But there is a simple alternative here: don't connect your TV to the Internet, use it as a dumb monitor for a FOSS streaming box (Linux PC or Lineage Android TV among others). | ||
▲ | kuschku 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
That doesn't necessarily work anymore, some TVs now have Amazon WhisperNet built in, and will just update ads via your neighbor's Alexa. | ||
▲ | makeitdouble 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
That's not an alternative: at the end you don't get a TV, you get a streaming box. Perhaps you don't care about OTA TVs in the first place, but that's a different point. | ||
▲ | epolanski 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
How's that relevant to me not controlling the device? |