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A SmartTV is not a problem as long as it has HDMI Input.

You don't like your SmartTV? Switch to HDMI Input and use your device.

I find it very practical that my LG Smart TV has the normal core apps available and i do not want to have a second remote.

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As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, automated content recognition and analysis and advertising will apply to anything on your screen no matter the input source

Ok but if the tv has no internet access what is the smart tv going to do with all these nice screenshots? First rule: never provide Internet access to your smart tv.

There was some talk lower in the thread about devices being able to form mesh-networks with other devices that do have internet connection (for ex. your neighbour) and share data that way, there hasn't been any links or sources to the claims yet however

That is all nonsense.

Given that Amazon’s Sidewalk network is a thing, I think a more extensive counter is needed.

Making a claim with no references to back it up doesn’t require doubters to provide evidence to the contrary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

> Amazon stated that more than 90% of the U.S. population was covered by the Sidewalk network.

> Amazon Echo devices have Sidewalk enabled by default and do not inform their owner about it.

I mean, I remember people saying similar things about Google scanning Wi-Fi SSIDs to track their location. There was a point in time where people were saying that was conspiracy theory thinking.

That doesn’t mean this case is true.

That's what cheap ubiquitous 5G is enabling: total surveillance.

Sure, it's practical, that's why most people don't have a separate smart box. That's why I called it a curse, because most people are being nagged with ads and being tracked on a level the article talks about.

Smart boxes can communicate with the TV (HDMI-CEC), and you don't have to ever use the TV's remote. If the box turns on, it turns on the TV and switches the source. Same with turn off. If you cast a youtube video to the box, the TV also turns on, etc. So it works completely seamless (at least in my case).

Oh wait, I just remembered regular TV channels exist, I guess you will still need the TV's remote for that.

> Oh wait, I just remembered regular TV channels exist

I don't think I have watched one in almost a decade.

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