• Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s the point they are making. Currently that’s possible. But what is stopping the producers to force you to hook it up to the internet?

    • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      O… damn.

      Not buying the tv might work… at mass. Like everyone. Please people, vote with your wallet/privacy.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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      1 year ago

      They already do, vizio sets and roku TV sets require an internet connection as soon as you power it on to set it up

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        1 year ago

        roku because you ‘need’ an account to use (try here for one without a payment method requirement).

        vizio must be a new thing for the current models. mine (bought last year, and was “last year’s” model then) didn’t need a net connection to set up for using as a ‘monitor’.