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Imagine walking into your living room and your TV automatically telling you the weather and your calendar for the day. If this is a future you can imagine, you'll be pleased to hear that Google is working on a new mode for Google TV that does just that.

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

No. I dont want that. Look for something that I actually want and try not to add it to the Google graveyard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I thought this was The Onion for a second xD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately, Google TV is fairly easy to lock down and has permission management similar to android (because its just android with a custom launcher)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

system apps have whatever permissions they want, and you can't remove them. so much for easy permission management, when the adversary is the manufacturer

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lol, Google is an advertising company, this will be a nightmare “feature”.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ad will complete once presence is detected

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would gladly factory reset my television and run off osmc or something if that becomes the norm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

well only if that becomes possible at all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I was referring to running a second device. Running the TV off osmc would rock, but not happening.

Frustrating fact: I have to wait for my LG TV to boot. It shows a picture, but takes a minute to load the OS and produce sound.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I continue to look for dumb tvs, but there are precious few. They're either small, or big outdoor monitors. I want an awesome screen TV that's dumb as dirt.

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

my LG oled works really well as a dumb TV with it disconnected from the Internet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Every TV is a dumb TV it isn't connected to internet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure roku ones don't allow to be used until you accept their terms online

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

Wow, I'm glad I never had the chance to experience that

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

They all have annoyances when you don't do what they want. I want a TV that doesn't want anything.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

No it will fucking not dumpster

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Radar IS spying though

[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

Say McDonalds to continue

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can do this already, all locally, with home assistant. Thanks anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Right, I'm ok with the TV (or local assistant) knowing I'm in the room. But why does personal convenience have to become the panopticon, tech bros?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

because they only make some money selling you convenience and they can make all the money by putting you in a panopticon.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I did it all with a Pi powered magicmirror^2^ which I prefer since it's my bathroom mirror anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I just look at what the weather is. And check my calendar.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd prefer to imagine a world in which a multi-billion dollar corporation isn't tracking my every step to sell me more shit, and yet here we are...

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I remember when tech companies used to do cool things just because it was cool and people were interested in the cool things, and they were making improvements and all sorts of fun stuff.

Now it's all just done for... idk

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Now it's all just done for... idk

Money. This is capitalism. The answer is money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There was a sweet moment in the mid 00s to early teens where cool stuff was being made to push the envelope. Yeah they wanted to sell you stuff, but they did so under the guise that it would be something to look forward to instead of sucking every penny from your dry husk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was this during your formative years?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It was during the Great Back When.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The tru tru