There has got to be some kind of collusion going on to try and lock us into only approved software. They want to make it so the only source of content is something we must pay up for. I can’t comprehend this push for a walled garden when places like the EU are explicitly banning this anti-competitive behavior.
Google’s plans to remove sideloading from android are similarly anti-competitive.
Mandating secureboot to play games like Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty 2025 is similarly moronic. It’s not going to stop cheating.
morto@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
At this point, if I ever need to buy a new tv, I’m looking for a dumb one, that just displays images from a source, and that’s it. Maybe I won’t even get a tv, but just use a big monitor attached to a raspberry pi or a tv box or similar.
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
digital signage
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
100%!
If a tv ever would refuse to work without internet in fucking returning it immediately.
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The are a lot of TVs that work fine if you never set up their internet connection. Roku is one of them.