we live in hell

I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?

    • @Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      this is one major reason i switched to a projector. The “smart” malware trend has not caught up to home cinema projectors

      • @Asafum@feddit.nl
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        011 months ago

        Seriously… Like just don’t connect it to the Internet? I dont know how it works when you don’t have a PC though, it’s easy for me to say don’t connect it because my PC is what gets the data im watching. Maybe these people only have a smart TV so that they can watch streaming services with it.

      • @mooots@lemmy.world
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        411 months ago

        Absolutely this. I’m lucky enough to have access to commercial & hospitality displays. Great picture quality and longevity with none of the forced online nonsense.

    • @ANIMATEK@lemmy.world
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      111 months ago

      While I agree with you these practices do bring prices down for consumers. I just have the TV off internet and use an AppleTV.

      • @miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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        111 months ago

        But the prices being so low is exactly what makes people care less about things like privacy, so not great either