Are they uploading screenshots or hashes?
Samsung TVs May Upload Screenshots for Automatic Content Recognition
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I agree, Samsung doesn't deserve our money. I boycotted Samsung after they destroyed my perfectly good Galaxy s5 with software updates. Sadly, the Pixel I got next wasn't much better. They dominate certain RAM markets though, and that's kind of unfortunate.
I had an S5 too, and actually still have it in case I ever need a backup (e.g. last week when _my_ Pixel started getting caught in an infinite boot loop!) Though I hadn't noticed the S5 being destroyed by software updates - the only reason I stopped using it is because they stopped updating it and it was locked from custom ROMs, which was a sad conclusion because it had still decent hardware. Could you elaborate on t…
My personal S5 experience leads me to believe that there was some trickery afoot from Samsung's end.
When I realised that my S5 was starting to get a little bit dodgy (having owned it from April 2011 until around December 2018) I went and bought 8 of them. Surprisingly, they were still available for purchase on the Samsung website over 7 years after they were originally released, although they quickly ran out of stock and I needed to go trawling through mobile phone stores asking them to check their store rooms.
From here I noticed that every time I updated my phone to the latest software version, deleted all the extraneous bloatware that actually made no sense to have pre-installed, and go to using a device: it would start to behave weirdly within weeks. Apps that had previously run just fine (like, as an example, google maps) were laggy and constantly crashed.
After going through 6 of the 8 phones in just over 3 months (the rate of failure seemed to have more to do with the fact that they were S5's in 2019 than anything I was doing to them) I eventually just gave up and bought an S10+ (because I honestly just wanted to see what the hell one would do with a terabyte of Storage on their phone - turns out it's absolutely nothing, but the possibilities initially intrigued me, but I guess I'm not really creative enough to come up with something worth doing with all that storage space).
Now I'm still bitterly using the aforementioned S10+ waiting for someone to release a phone that I perceive to be as good as the S5....
So no hard data, just my experience with a large amount of S5's that all seemed to become unusable based on the date rather than actually being broken....
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#373Few reasons why I prefer dumb TVs, just a flat LED panel: 1. You have control over bullshit like this 2. You can make them smart by attaching the external box 3. You don't have to throw the TV because your Software is now old, just change the box. 4. There's new format which requires hardware support (av1 is coming), change the box. 5. Want to add new hardware? Upgrade the box.
My TV software gets updated. Have gotten noticeable improvements.
I've had a 55" Samsung smart TV for 6 years now - zero software updates after year 3.
Quite annoying, as I had hoped that codec support would improve over time.
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#374Truly WTF.
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#375Earlier quoted context omitted.
> what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether Just like what happens when any product you like gets discontinued. You either accept the drawbacks of the alternatives and pick the next best choice or you do without it altogether. If this really becomes TV with LTE or not TV, you’ll quickly see how little people truly care. Think back to 2008-2010 and the anti-smartphone p…
Surprisingly many, as market for dumbphones and burners show. You can still buy a dumbphone.
81% of American adults own a smartphone. Not surprisingly the 50+ demographic is least likely to own one. You’re correct that the non-smart phone market currently exists but pretty soon it’s going to be down to one or two choices at most.
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It might be better to buy a dumb computer monitor
They don't have those in 70" sadly.
Getting a projector is a good option these days. They're cheap and can give you a home theater experience with easily twice that size. Just measured my setup and it ends up at ~130" diagonally.
There are limitations in the room you can use (not too bright, big white wall, good place to place the projector). But if you can manage it I strongly suggest it.
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>what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether. Narrowband IoT is the target market for that. T-Mobile has a plan where a certified module costs $5 (There is a min order to get that price, but for a large vendor that's not going to be an issue) then $6 p/year as long as you can keep below 12MB per year. But you can keep bw down by shipping the fingerprinting software with…
I think we’re safe from that because enough people put their smartTVs on the network anyway. We’ll lose some precision in the data because it’s biased against grandma, but good enough to sell the reports. It may be $25/unit, but if 9/10 put their device on the network anyway, that’s $250/useful outcome.
We’ll lose some precision in the data because it’s biased against grandma,
That will single handedly kill ratings for CBS.
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Surprisingly many, as market for dumbphones and burners show. You can still buy a dumbphone.
I sort of wonder how dumbphone sales split out between: - I don't need/want to pay for/know how to use a computer in my pocket. A phone is all I need. - My kid just needs a phone for emergencies. A smartphone will be a distraction - An actual burner phone for whatever purpose.
Also the too poor crowd. I think the only reason they still exist is because 3rd world countries use them. Although even 3rd world countries are getting upgraded to smart phones as cheap low level ones enter the market. I give it maybe 3 years until they're no longer being offered.
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#379I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…
Jammer is an option. Breaking the antenna too.
I wouldn't be surprised if the devices will be bricked if they can't phone home to prevent things like this and DIY mods.
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#380I'm getting ready to go full Battlestar Galactica in all of my appliances. It's now difficult to find high end washers and ovens without these features. At least right now we can choose not to connect the devices, but what happens if iot LTE connections get cheap enough that the choice is removed altogether, like with Tesla and other high end modern cars? I don't think I'm just being a Luddite. This really seems like…
Maybe we should just ddos these endpoints, they don't deserve anything better.
Be careful, when you mess with corporate America you're basically going head on with momma bear US government.