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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

My last two TVs were dumb ones.

It is getting harder find dumb TVs because the smart stuff included with most TVs subsidizes keeping the initial price low. Manufactures are betting millions of dollars purchasers will sign up for the monthly apps.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Buy smart TV. Open the back. Remove WiFi card.

    Purchase cheap Chinese mini PC, put Kodi on it.

    That's all you need

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    That's not always easy, sometimes the WiFi is on the board itself and not just an add-in card. Or you get annoying warnings or something on the TV.

    Commercial TVs will probably last a lot longer than regular retail TVs, so if I'm not going to be using all the features of the TV, I might as well spend a bit more and get something that'll last.

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