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Every time this comes up I feel obligated to add the following: 1) Samsung televisions spy on your mercilessly . They collect everything they can, including screenshots at regular intervals and send them back to Samsung so that they can sell this to "partners". They are not a FAANG and don't have anywhere near their level of security expertise. I have second-hand but reliable information about their security approach…
Does anyone know if they do this on TVs sold in the EU?
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This is a common way of speaking in American English. For example "Hey earlier today you fell down, how's your elbow feeling?" "Not too bad, it's annoying but it's fine"
Double negatives are very much a British English thing and are commonly used in every day language.
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Most people would be better off buying a new fridge every time it breaks rather than a subzero. Subzero is at least twice as expensive, if not 4x as expensive as a consumer level fridge. Costco even offers a 4 year warranty if you buy with their credit card.
Sub zero will last you as long as all 4 of those new ones combined, and thus are worth the hefty price. The only good (read- meant to last) fridges are older ones. Same for washers and dryers, can't tell you how many times someone would get a new set, sell or donate their old ones, and get pissed when one or both stop working and require extensive repairs within the first few months. Costco, Home Depot, Lowes, Urners…
I always buy from Costco so that would have to be 16 years. I would rather invest the difference in cost and keep buying new every 4 years.
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I find this argument weird. Most people don’t want smart TVs. Dedicated smart devices are just better. Even non techies will probably feel this way because the TVs suck and the remote control interface is clunky and confusing. There’s simply no option to buy a dumb tv that isn’t something weird like a monitor or digital signage. Imo nothing beats a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard. So much better than a shit…
Please provide a source that 'most people don't want a smart TV'. That is not my experience at all.
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If it’s showing you ads, it’s connected. If it’s not showing you ads, it’s not connected.
> If it’s not showing you ads, it’s not connected. If it’s not showing you ads, it might not be connected. It could still be connected and performing all sorts of shenanigans without necessarily showing you any ads.
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Despite paying hundreds or even thousands, you're okay with that?
Just because one tolerates something doesn’t mean they think it’s ok. Besides, what’s the other option? Any “smart” platform needs an internet connection, and will show ads because of that.
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I find this argument weird. Most people don’t want smart TVs. Dedicated smart devices are just better. Even non techies will probably feel this way because the TVs suck and the remote control interface is clunky and confusing. There’s simply no option to buy a dumb tv that isn’t something weird like a monitor or digital signage. Imo nothing beats a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard. So much better than a shit…
Because it's just so convenient to have to plug your laptop in via an HDMI cable and have it permanently tethered to your TV, and I just love sitting on the couch attempting to move a basically nonresponsive laser mouse on the furniture surface. Cost of chromecast+remote: $30 Cost of secondhand laptop + wireless keyboard/mouse: $250
To me it’s an obvious choice.
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...Can all be streaming via a plugged in device. Your television should be a monitor, nothing more.
I have an LG TV, and the ability to have Apps on the TV, without a plugged in decide - Netflix, BBC iplayer, ITV Hub, AppleTV, Twitch, Youtube etc. makes for a very pleasant, seamless experience.