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Re: LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted

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Post by Tyr42 »

stevesimmons wrote: post #6
Neywiny wrote: post #2

As a proud member of the LGTV community (yes I'm making 2 of those kinds of jokes back to back, fight me), and an occasional reddit user, I'm both horrified by the notion of getting this update and thrilled people are still using old.reddit.com. The new layout, which isn't even new anymore, still falls very short for it I'm looking something up and it's buried in a comment thread where ctrl-f can't find it.

Am I going mad or do some of those old.reddit comments slope downhill?

I see it too. What the heck?

Re: LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted

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Post by phoronixrly »

baby_souffle wrote: post #8

If supported, rooting is easy. https://cani.rootmy.tv/

Just did that yesterday because it disables updates. I had stopped updating and disconnected my TV from the Internet completely in 2021 in fear that an update will bring ads, and in hope that a jailbreak will come around eventually.

Re: LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted

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Post by [deleted] »

stevesimmons wrote: post #6
Neywiny wrote: post #2

As a proud member of the LGTV community (yes I'm making 2 of those kinds of jokes back to back, fight me), and an occasional reddit user, I'm both horrified by the notion of getting this update and thrilled people are still using old.reddit.com. The new layout, which isn't even new anymore, still falls very short for it I'm looking something up and it's buried in a comment thread where ctrl-f can't find it.

Am I going mad or do some of those old.reddit comments slope downhill?

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Post by christophilus »

traverseda wrote: post #9
stevesimmons wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I going mad or do some of those old.reddit comments slope downhill?

No, the subreddit has applied custom css to do that. It's the mildly infuriating subreddit. There's also an image of a hair visible on widescreen monitors, to make you think there's a hair on your display.

I see the hair on my iPhone. That’s a nice touch.

Re: LG TV's new software update installed MS Copilot, which cannot be deleted

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 »

It is interesting. Arstechnica just had an article about how to get a dumb tv, which I saw on google news. I want to believe there is a tide turning among non-hn peoples ( I tried various phrasings and neither worked in terms of exclusion ).

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Post by bromuro »

Neywiny wrote: post #2

As a proud member of the LGTV community (yes I'm making 2 of those kinds of jokes back to back, fight me), and an occasional reddit user, I'm both horrified by the notion of getting this update and thrilled people are still using old.reddit.com. The new layout, which isn't even new anymore, still falls very short for it I'm looking something up and it's buried in a comment thread where ctrl-f can't find it.

I have poor eyesight and I don’t support this practice of linking old reddit on HN. Old website is unusable for me. I have to load the link in the native app to read it.

ctrl+F doesn’t work anyway as the comments are also buried in a “load more comments” on old reddit too. New website and app have a search comments field.

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Post by some-guy »

newsoftheday wrote: post #10
abbycurtis33 wrote: post #5

Until somebody releases a dumb TV, you just can't connect your tv to the Internet.

Our LCD TV is almost 2 decades old. If we upgrade, I can guarantee we won't be connecting it to the Internet. Also none of our smart appliances are connected to the Internet.

I am actually surprised at how well our second TV (Samsung) still looks [0] after 17 years. We inherited from my sister who bought it for some ridiculous amount of cash for the time. It’s heavy and runs hot, but doesn’t look any worse than cheap TVs of the same size today.

[0] https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/samsung-touches-lcds...

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