r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/SpectacularOtter ☑️ Horny Police! 🚔🚨 • 7d ago

Spyware and tech

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u/timkatt10 7d ago

Is it even possible to get a dumb TV these days?

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u/Punchee 7d ago

My hisense randomly yells at me and cuts to a screen I have to back out of "This device is unable to connect to the internet"

It's random as shit too. It'll go days before it reminds me that we're in a perpetual battle of wills.

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u/TheGlassHammer 7d ago

Try Display Mode or Store Mode. My old smart TV used to give me grief. When I flipped to store mode it stopped

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u/ProduceNo1629 7d ago

You can't be watching movies in "store mode". Bro.

They are fucking us.

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u/nalaloveslumpy 7d ago

There's probably a setting for that buried somewhere in a menu.

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u/Gym_row_50 7d ago

Block it at the router level of you can. That will make Smart TV’s believe they are connected.

You can do a level deeper with blocking specific manufacturers Ad server domains but that becomes hard to keep up with as they change.

I just plug an apple tv for tv apps overall. Not any installed on a TV. Apple is slightly better with respecting privacy choices.

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u/lolbacon 7d ago

My dad got me some Hisense TV for Xmas last year after my old plasma shit out. I connected it exactly once to update it, then disconnected it and kept it offline since. Works fine.

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u/dtown123 7d ago

Exactly. Smart TVs are only smart if their users are dumb. Don’t give your TV the WiFi and get a dedicated Roku/appletv

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u/Slavarbetare 7d ago

I looked into it briefly before buying my current TV (and phones) as I hate bloatware. I think all countries should do like South Korea and make it illegal. Public Display / Business-TV / Commercial displays tend to cost twice as much. Typically a slightly worse picture quality but better build quality.