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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The cheapest 40" Bestbuy TV is a solid "dumb" TV. No software at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I bought a cheap 55" 4k. The "smartest" functions are menus for color correction, sound and choice of input source. It runs perfectly fine on my desktop as an additional 4k monitor with 60hz. And it doesn't try to phone home.