I’m mostly sailing the high seas, using the tv as a giant monitor for the always-on laptop connected to it. I’m afraid of the 1984-esque “You must connect to the internet to continue using this TV” that might come after some time.

  • Beacon@fedia.io
    3·
    20 days ago

    OP’s topic isn’t about being monitored. They just don’t want an update pushed onto their tv that disables it from operating the way they want it to operate

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      1·
      20 days ago

      The way they want it to operate is not monitoring them, presumably. You just added one extra step for the same thing.

      I mean, if it’s not for that reason then connect it to the Internet and have fun, who cares. Just give them all your data and hope for the best.

        • MudMan@fedia.io
          1·
          20 days ago

          OK, so… how? How is everyone else interpreting the desire of keeping your TV offline if not for privacy? What other reason could there be?

          • Beacon@fedia.io
            2·
            20 days ago

            So that it won’t push updates that make the tv worse, like slower startup times for example

            • MudMan@fedia.io
              1·
              20 days ago

              OK, but that’s not what the OP said. OP is concerned that keeping the TV offline may trigger a mandatory connection check down the line (not a thing that I know of, at least outside of very specific ad-based cheap models, to answer their question).

              The only other thing being brought up in their post are that they play back pirated content primarily. That and the reference to 1984 make me think privacy more than “mostly made up minor technical inconvenience related to firmware updates”.

              Either way, if the TV works fine and they are exclusively using an external device for playback there should be no downside to keeping the thing offline indefinitely.

                • MudMan@fedia.io
                  2·
                  19 days ago

                  Hey, you didn’t have to say that at all, disagreeing online is what it is, but it’s genuinely rare to see that written down. Genuine tip of the hat to you. Trivial as this conversation is, that’s huge gentlemanly energy right there.