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arrow-up1683arrow-down1imageAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 hours agoFrom what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
minus-squareMacAttak8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoYes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoOk now I know yall are just making shit up.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours ago from what I have heard Where?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours agoIn a different thread here on lemmy.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 hour agoIs the thread in here with you now?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·34 minutes agoI don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 minutes agoI appreciate the kind words. You’re right, I’m being a dick. It was unnecessary and I’m sorry.
From what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
Yes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
Ok now I know yall are just making shit up.
Where?
In a different thread here on lemmy.
Is the thread in here with you now?
I don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
I appreciate the kind words. You’re right, I’m being a dick. It was unnecessary and I’m sorry.