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arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 days agomessage-square196fedilink
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 hours agoFrom what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours ago from what I have heard Where?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 hours agoIn a different thread here on lemmy.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 hours agoIs the thread in here with you now?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 hours agoI don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 hours agoI appreciate the kind words. You’re right, I’m being a dick. It was unnecessary and I’m sorry.
minus-squarePeruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 hours agoSomeone admitting they were a dick on the Internet? Holy shit, congratulations. We need more people like you around and I mean this 100% sincerely.
minus-squareMacAttak8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 hours agoYes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoOk now I know yall are just making shit up.
From what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
Where?
In a different thread here on lemmy.
Is the thread in here with you now?
I don’t know what you’re going through in your life, but I wish you all the best. Just wanted to pass on some information I thought was relevant.
I appreciate the kind words. You’re right, I’m being a dick. It was unnecessary and I’m sorry.
Someone admitting they were a dick on the Internet? Holy shit, congratulations. We need more people like you around and I mean this 100% sincerely.
Yes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
Ok now I know yall are just making shit up.