LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
www.theregister.com
Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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

  • thanevim
    6•1 year ago

    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

    • Melpomene
      4•1 year ago

      I guess it comes down to who I want tracking me, no? I lack a Google account.

      • thanevim
        2•1 year ago

        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.

        • Melpomene
          1•1 year ago

          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.

    • GlerpEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      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.