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@hamatti Yeah, I know. Or ... one could keep the TV and buy an external device to replace the dead services.
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 @TimWardCam That's why I don't want those services internally in the first place because they absolutely *will* break.  @wonka @TimWardCam And the TV software isn't designed to gracefully work when services start to fail but will become an annoyance to work with. @TimWardCam @hamatti I have recently read about smart TVs even being bricked (in the sense that you can't really use it for anything anymore) if you don't accept some updated EULA or if some "upgrade" goes wrong. It does not become "dumb" either. You lose access to a device you have paid for. |
@TimWardCam @hamatti
Our main TV is "smart", or would be if I'd ever connected it to the network. It still picks up broadcast TV, and there's an external box (actually a fireTV) for all the apps and other stuff. Been bitten by TV manufacturers dropping support for apps so often that I didn't even bother trying these ones.