cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1539142
LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware
Given that they recently updated my LGTV to have more ads with no way to disable them, well… not surprised.
I love my LG TVs but they have never once been connected to the internet.
This is the way
Got a new LG TV for Christmas, and never once put it online. Smart TVs always remain dumb in my house, and I just use a Chromecast with Google TV. Never had a single ad and it works just fine displaying what the Chromecast shows
I guess it comes down to who I want tracking me, no? I lack a Google account.
I mean, there’s always the more private option of a Raspberry Pi or similar as a streaming box that you put Kodi or Jellyfin on.
True. I isolated the LG and such in a DMZ so its at least not mapping my internals. And with it being isolated, all it knows is that I have a PS5 and I like murder mysteries and fantasy.
I do have a spare Pi, though. Hmm.
Always isolate networked functionality for any “smart” device however you can. They will never update with better features. Only enshittify things.
I use an NVIDIA shield pro with a custom launcher as my dedicated stream box so neither Google nor NVIDIA can make it worse as time goes forward.