▲ 525 ▼ The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household. Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven't already. Wiki link
[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) What do we do when they come with 5G modems built in? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Razor blade to specific pcb traces? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Detailed instructions for things like this will need to documented. It starts with ads… does it evolve into 1984? Who knows, but it seems more likely in light of recent events. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. I could see manufacturers add anti tamper features that could brick the device if opened if people started doing this anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's unlikely, the additional R&D cost probably won't weigh up to the costs incurred by the small minority that removes it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CedarA64@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago Don't buy a TV anymore. Seriously though with the direction things have been going in the "tech world" for the last couple years (maybe even decade) it is probably better to start adjusting to some level of digital minimalism. For some of us it will become a necessity for financial reasons anyway... permalink fedilink source parent [–] refalo@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago hah, there's nowhere near enough infrastructure to handle that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Razor blade to specific pcb traces? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Detailed instructions for things like this will need to documented. It starts with ads… does it evolve into 1984? Who knows, but it seems more likely in light of recent events. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. I could see manufacturers add anti tamper features that could brick the device if opened if people started doing this anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's unlikely, the additional R&D cost probably won't weigh up to the costs incurred by the small minority that removes it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Detailed instructions for things like this will need to documented. It starts with ads… does it evolve into 1984? Who knows, but it seems more likely in light of recent events. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. I could see manufacturers add anti tamper features that could brick the device if opened if people started doing this anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's unlikely, the additional R&D cost probably won't weigh up to the costs incurred by the small minority that removes it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] YerbaYerba@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I agree. I could see manufacturers add anti tamper features that could brick the device if opened if people started doing this anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's unlikely, the additional R&D cost probably won't weigh up to the costs incurred by the small minority that removes it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qaz@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago That's unlikely, the additional R&D cost probably won't weigh up to the costs incurred by the small minority that removes it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CedarA64@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago Don't buy a TV anymore. Seriously though with the direction things have been going in the "tech world" for the last couple years (maybe even decade) it is probably better to start adjusting to some level of digital minimalism. For some of us it will become a necessity for financial reasons anyway... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago hah, there's nowhere near enough infrastructure to handle that. permalink fedilink source parent