Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux_lugcast@lemux.minnix.devhardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkAn ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OSarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: linux_lugcast@lemux.minnix.devhardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 month agoMonitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions. The super budget/sold at a loss TVs will absolutely be gutted for spyware.
I suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.
The super budget/sold at a loss TVs will absolutely be gutted for spyware.