Easy solution. Don't plug the tv into the internet.
Use it basically as a monitor. 🖕To the tv makers
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I'm not looking forward to replacing my dumb tv when it finally dies.
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I have a google tv, and the “Basic Mode” when you set it up or the “Apps only mode” both are a lot better than the overstimulation nightmare that is most smart TVs (and a google TV with normal settings)
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This is the inevitable path for nearly all proprietary smart devices. There’s a handful of manufacturers that will see privacy as a marketable feature, but most won’t be able to resist the sweet taste of data.
It’s a shame there are no “dumb” TVs left, except for expensive industrial options.
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Apple TV is a bit pricey, but at least it’s ad-free. Connect it to a modern TV without internet access, stream your Jellyfin (or Plex) media via Infuse and you are good to go.
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Not with pihole and other ad-blocking measures.
Ok so honestly I cut the cable years ago. There's a product called Tablo it's an OTA tuner & DVR pair this with a Roku and choose a streaming service for the extras you want and... For the love of God spend the money on a projector. For some reason projectors are missing all the advertising bullshit that's baked into modern tv's and please just game on a 32 inch 4-8k monitor instead of a TV something with a good response time instead of your laggy ass 40+inch TV.
Jokes on you. The only TV I own is over 30 years old.
Sailing the seas until they stop trying to fck me in the ars
Didnt noticed it with smarttube https://smarttubeapp.github.io/ or https://github.com/polymorphicshade/Tubular ;)
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