I’ve got a Samsung frame used for two things: 1) showing hdmi 1, and 2) showing art when idle.
I guess I’m going to have to just write replacement firmware, aren’t I?
Disconnect it from the network and hook up a streaming device that is relatively trustable (e.g. Apple TV or an open source alternative).
With that much criminal energy behind it, you might even want to remove the wifi module or ground the antenna at this point.
I was about to post "this is overkill — just don't connect it to your access point" but then realized that my neighbor has an xfinity router that advertises the public xfinity subscriber SSID. And it could be using an unadvertised SSID for which they've done a deal with the US carrier cartel members.
If this data is worth enough, they could be using IOT 4G service.
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Nah it still boots to their annoying menus, takes forever to change modes, has lots of annoyances. I’ll be a lean firmware could be a much better experience.
I already use an Apple TV, but the Samsung’s firmware is annoying even as a dumb tv.
I've just removed my 50€/year Frame subscription. Samsung, if you're reading this, you know why.
The art was good, and I liked having it. I was disappointed that it was subscription-based. From now on the TV will be disconnected from the power supply, until I want to occasionally watch Netflix.
@brookst, let me know if you play with the firmware ;)
It's been well known for the last 5-10 years that Samsung has degraded into one of the worst consumer device manufacturers, whether it's all this tracking, or forcing you to watch ads on the home screen of your expensive tv etc.
No idea why you'd even consider anything Samsung related.
Point me to another matte TV that has the electronics separated so you just need a tiny cable to the TV? I’ll switch tomorrow.
Load the art from a flash stick and never connect it to the internet?
I'm sorely tempted to go down that road, I have a few frames. They've never been connected to the Internet, but the software on them is trash - literally the only thing I ever want it to do is display art (in standby) or display the Apple TV connected to HDMI.