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chronohart

@hellomiakoda
:ms_pride_100:
I got the same message on my TV the other day, too, and it's already been noticeably declining in quality for a couple years anyway.

*Definitely* going with dumb displays from now on.

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Miakoda

@chronohart
Good luck finding one. When I wasn't so dangerously poor, I looked for one to replace my piece of shit Roku. I fucking HATE the Roku TV. First one died way too early.
It sounds like shit without the sound bar. Wheb I was using the smarts, it's sluggish as fuck, creepy, tries to tell me where to stream whatever I'm watching - but decided my video games were shows...
And why would I buy whatever is on? I obviously already have access to it by DVR, DVD, or air, or something.

chronohart

@hellomiakoda
I've only made cursory searches for dumb TVs, but I'm certainly aware they're tough to find and very very expensive. I just hope I don't *need* a new TV before I can afford one I'll be happy with.

I've missed most of the creepy stuff from Roku. I run a pi-hole on my network which the router passes *all* my traffic through and that seems to be successfully blocking my TV from phoning home to Roku's telemetry and ad servers. I highly recommend setting up a pi-hole if you have the means and the spoons to manage one. It does a lot more than just block Roku tracking.

@hellomiakoda
I've only made cursory searches for dumb TVs, but I'm certainly aware they're tough to find and very very expensive. I just hope I don't *need* a new TV before I can afford one I'll be happy with.

I've missed most of the creepy stuff from Roku. I run a pi-hole on my network which the router passes *all* my traffic through and that seems to be successfully blocking my TV from phoning home to Roku's telemetry and ad servers. I highly recommend setting up a pi-hole if you have the means...

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