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

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

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Gualdrapo wrote: post #24
bromuro wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I agree. I joined reddit when the "new" design was launched - I could never made sense of the old design. Way too cluttered and unreadable.

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

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Post by shayway »

bromuro wrote: post #17
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.

Assuming the issue with old reddit is font & element size, does zooming in with Ctrl+ not solve the problem?

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

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Post by gcr »

bromuro wrote: post #17
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.

I have shitty eyesight and old is the only version that’s usable to me because text zooming works far better in the old layout. Are you using a screen reader by any chance?

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

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Post by tempest_ »

some-guy wrote: post #19
newsoftheday wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

It very likely depends on what you are playing on it and what size it is.

Even most cheap TVs now a days are 4k even if the panel is low end.

There is a large difference between 1080p and 4k which is usually quite noticeable if the TV is large but if it is a smaller size I can see how it would be less obvious.

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

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Post by pmontra »

christophilus wrote: post #14
traverseda wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The next step will be adding a web in a corner, to make us think we cracked our touchscreen /s

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

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Post by bdhcuidbebe »

A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 wrote: post #16

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 ).

I just read that, too. Its interesting and somewhat depressing that the best option for the last 10+ years according to ars and this linked reddit thead, and comments in this thread all suggesting Apple TV. I hope to see a viable foss option soon.

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

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Post by jitl »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #18

Is there a DNS filtering list anywhere that just blocks these firmware updates? That would be the easiest way to maintain dumbification without getting into hacking the software while still allowing streaming services.

It’s well worth the $100 or whatever to do all the streaming through an AppleTV. It’s the only streaming device I’ve used that doesn’t seem to constantly try to upsell random garbage.
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