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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 35 points 3 hours ago

Not only that but my old LG smart TV (47LM8600, I think manufactured in 2012) has literal suicide timers in its built in apps. Mine has never been connected to any network and yet it mysteriously informed me after approximately three years of ownership that all of its player apps such as Youtube, Hulu, Netflix, etc. would stop working because they were "no longer supported," all of them within the time frame of the same couple of weeks. It knew this somehow, apparently via magic, or quantum fluctuations, or psychic brain waves. Without internet connectivity.

Obviously I don't use any of those features so I didn't give a rat's ass and I still don't. But I still find that deeply suspicious.

[-] elvith@feddit.org 12 points 1 hour ago

The only technical explanation that’s not malice would be that some certificate store on the device had expiring certificates and would need an update to continue to function (or rather connect to remote servers).

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago

Planned obsolescence is one of those things that just infuriates me so much about capitalism.

[-] Snailpick42@lemmus.org 1 points 7 minutes ago

Need to fill the landfills.

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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