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amelius | on: Plasma Bigscreen – 10-foot interface for KDE plasma
Now we only need a TV that doesn't send screenshots back to the vendor.
drnick1 | parent
This is easy, don't connect your TV to the Internet and use it as a monitor for a mini PC running Plasma Bigscreen.
amelius | root | parent | next
If enough people do this, new TVs will stop working without an internet connection.
drnick1 | root | parent
If enough people do this, and refuse to buy TVs that do not work without an Internet connection, manufacturers will get the message and not make such TVs.
Am4TIfIsER0ppos | root | parent
> don't connect your TV to the Internet

5G fixes this

drnick1 | root | parent | next
Don't buy such a TV, or mod it by removing the cellular modem. Same problem with cars, but generally quite easily solved.
amelius | root | parent
Yeah, in the future all TVs will be like high end cars today.