> If you want premium image quality or sound, you’re better off using a smart TV offline.
In the future, if they add e-sims, we'll just remove them or de-solder or whatever.
The real risk is cars: if they start not working without cell network connections.
If we continue giving money to people who build malware into the products, the malware will eventually be baked in deeply enough that the rest of the device will refuse to operate if it can't phone home to the ministry of truth or wherever.
I let my latest LG TV on the network, but block internet access at the router. HomeKit integration (Siri turn off tv), Chromecast, Airplay, and other local services all work, without the ability for it to phone home.
Given how limited cell service is in a lot of the US, I think we're a ways off from this.
But also, it's unlikely I'll live long enough where keeping an older vehicle won't be an option.
There’s just no reason for this. You have one job: Take my signal and display it. Anything else is just another place for things to go wrong.
This is commonly repeated and but as far as I can tell nobody has actually demonstrated it.