TV software is getting loaded with ads, changing what it means to own a TV set.
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Joke’s on you. Many of us stopped buying TVs years ago.
I haven’t owned a TV since they became “smart.” I hated the idea then and I hate it now.
This. We have not owned a TV since the very early 00s, when we realized they wanted us to pay in order to watch… ads. More and more of them.
When I moved, I just didn’t plug the TV in at the new place. Instead, I started using it exclusively as a monitor for my HTPC. Watching online videos on a bigger screen is just so much nicer. Besides, ublock origin is doing a good job blocking all the nonsense a smart TV is designed to show you. When visiting friends and family, I end up watching normal TV a little bit, and I can’t say I miss any of that.