LG responds swiftly to user backlash, will allow users to remove Microsoft Copilot link from TVs — clarifies service is not an app, future update will include tile removal option from WebOS

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• dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For clarification: they will only remove the tile, not the copilot app. They state it’s non-removable, and say it’s not a service that runs.

  However, my concern is what is to stop Microsoft (or LG) from enabling it in the future?

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  • scrion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It can’t be enabled by Microsoft since the tile is only a link opening the Copilot website using the TV’s browser - it’s a URL shorcut.

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• xxce2AAb@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Buy monitors and hook them up to hardware and software you control. Fuck ‘smart’ TVs.

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  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Or buy smart TV’s and never connect them to the internet.

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    • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yep. My LG C5 isn’t hooked up to the Internet. I would have gone with a (non-tv) monitor, but I couldn’t find any 55 inch 120hz OLED monitors.

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    • Teal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      My new tv has never known the internet and never will. USB updates are still available and very simple to install. AppleTV handles the apps the tv just displays them.

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    • hanrahan@piefed.social ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is what I did (jave an LG) That said I only use it as a monitor from my Shield Pro , id be happoer with just a TV that also had DP (fuck the HDMI alliance and their refusal to allow a Linux driver

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    • manxu@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Until someone has an unsecured Internet-connected hotspot, and then it’s over. :-(

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    • Kowowow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What part can I take a hammer and chisel to?

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• 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  webOS started as the future of phone OSes

  Now it’s cramming spyware into your home.

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  • Artaca@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Palm Pre was goated. It had a little paratroopers game that I think about far too often. Nice and small, physical keyboard. Damn.

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• doleo@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  serious question, is it even possible to buy a non-smart tv? Only in smaller sizes?

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think the best option is to get a smart tv but make sure you dont let it connect to the internet and make sure it doesnt show ads when it cant. And never update its software.

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  • Wahots@pawb.social ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    These are dumb “monitors” that are 43 in. It’s basically an old TV!

    www.acer.com/us-en/predator/monitors/cg

    I’m sure you can find other, larger ones too.

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  • Thalfon@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I haven’t looked into it myself but one option I’ve heard is buying (often refurb/second hand because I think they’re pricy) commercial displays such as businesses use (think fast food restaurant menus above the counter and the like).

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