🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square210fedilink
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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-squareMacAttak8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·1 month agoOk now I know yall are just making shit up.
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago from what I have heard Where?
minus-squareLandedGentry@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIs the thread in here with you now?
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-21 month 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-up0·1 month 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.
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.
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.
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.