🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up1744arrow-down17
arrow-up1737arrow-down1external-linkAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 months agoFrom what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
minus-squareMacAttak8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoYes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoOk now I know yall are just making shit up.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago from what I have heard Where?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoIn a different thread here on lemmy.
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
minus-squarePeruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSomeone admitting they were a dick on the Internet? Holy shit, congratulations. We need more people like you around and I mean this 100% sincerely.
From what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
Yes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
Ok now I know yall are just making shit up.
Where?
In a different thread here on lemmy.
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I don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
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Someone admitting they were a dick on the Internet? Holy shit, congratulations. We need more people like you around and I mean this 100% sincerely.
Apology accepted, friend!