Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoAfter luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with adsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down10
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkAfter luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with adsarstechnica.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareBaardFigur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoJust avoid hooking it up to the internet. Win/win
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoKind of hard to watch streaming services that way, which is generally why people buy such TVs.
minus-squareBaardFigur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoMany of these smart tvs are priced lower than they would’ve been otherwise, because being able to serve you ads is worth something. So blocking the internet access might actually make it a better value. You can then hook it with an optional non-bloated box for streaming
Just avoid hooking it up to the internet. Win/win
Kind of hard to watch streaming services that way, which is generally why people buy such TVs.
Many of these smart tvs are priced lower than they would’ve been otherwise, because being able to serve you ads is worth something.
So blocking the internet access might actually make it a better value. You can then hook it with an optional non-bloated box for streaming