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[–] 58 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 child)

You should link the original video, not the article trying to farm the work Gamers Nexus did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

You can actually edit the link so you could in theory update the post.

Anyway, yeah. I just fully expect shit like this from tv companies. They're not TVs, they're surveillance boxes with a screen. They will collect any and all data they can. I stopped updating my 2018 model in about 2020 or so when it bricked itself by auto-updating to a version that required my signature on a new set of T&Cs, and if I didn't accept the new T&C's I couldn't use the TV any more. No downgrading to the old version, just "accept this or don't use your tv any more". So that was when I cut off its internet connection and never looked back. If it ever breaks or needs to be replaced I don't know what I'll do really - look for some projector or computer monitor I suppose, since all tvs are like this now.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

    jesus the video over two hours long, who has the time for that

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 child)

    Fun fact: the human brain can process speech considerably faster than the human vocalization systems can form it, so you can probably watch most videos on 1.25-1.75 speed wothout missing much, it just takes some adjustment.

    At this point I cant watch people talking at a camera on anything slower than 1.5, because thats just the default videos play in (changed a setting on freetube and now cant stand slow), but I have watched 6+ hour videos that way. It cuts a substantial amount of time, and the speed up helps keep me engaged.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

    A movie is two hours of entertainment, this is two hours of a person talking about tv's podcast style without a story. Big difference.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago (1 child)

    Just don't watch it. Nobody is forcing you to watch it. But bragging about keeping yourself ignorant solely because you are too lazy to sit and consume media longer than tiktok videos is not a good look for you.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 hours ago

    Bruh, nobody here is bragging. We're simply agreeing that watching one guy talk to a camera for two hours is about as entertaining as watching paint dry. I sat down and binge watched six movies the other day so no, staying engaged with content longer than a tiktok isn't my issue.

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