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The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus

@dangoodin @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds Hey, you asked what we would do without streaming. I gave you an answer. Jumping down my throat and calling me alarmist is not constructive to this conversation. If you don't like my answer, you can simply mute me and walk away and not carry this further.

No one is twisting your arm to do what we do. If you want to use a smart TV, go ahead. That's your prerogative; I ain't your parent to tell you what to do.

I personally do not want a smart TV. If I need a device for streaming, I would rather just buy a separate device for that, like a Roku or something. That way, if I really *don't* want any streaming at all, it's as easy as unplug the Roku and back in the box it goes. Even now, my Roku's major usage is just for Plex and a couple of additional bits like the SomaFM channel and New Ellijay's streaming TV channel. But if people ask for alternative means, then we should be able to share with them some alternative means of watching stuff. If people also want to watch physical media, who are we to tell them no?

Long and short, lay off people who present an alternative to the mainstream.

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@LambdaCalculus

My Jellyfin server has way more content I want to watch at this point than any streaming service since it contains... exclusively content that I want to watch.

@dangoodin @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds

The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus

@lordbowlich @dangoodin @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds And that's the best part. You make your own server with what you want, especially considering how so many streaming services keep yanking content at the worst times, dooming a lot of shows and movies to obscurity.

Dan Goodin

@LambdaCalculus @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds

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Please re-read my reply. No one called you alarmist. It's the advice in this thread that is alarmist. Big difference.


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In what universe is it dangerous to hook a smartTV to the Internet, but using a Roku is safe?

daringfireball.net/linked/2021

Thinking Roku is safer than a smart TV is completely unfounded and a good example why the advice y'all are giving is antithetical to true security and privacy.

@LambdaCalculus @MisterMoo @SarraceniaWilds

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Please re-read my reply. No one called you alarmist. It's the advice in this thread that is alarmist. Big difference.


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In what universe is it dangerous to hook a smartTV to the Internet, but using a Roku is safe?

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