There's hope for privacy yet
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I suspect the vast majority of people are buying dumb TVs because android TV sucks, not for privacy reasons. I'm willing to bet most go home and plug their Chromecast or FireTV stick right in.
So as long as android TV sucks, its good news for us.
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That's a nice thought. Thank you for sharing
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I've always wanted to ask a billionaire how much was enough, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't understand the question. Enough? What's that?
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Ask the sales rep if it works without internet, and if they're wrong, demand a refund.
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I dunno that's entirely accurate - we have a Sony Bravia android TV (working on moving away from default OS but that's another story) that is perfectly usable with Stremio and Jellyfin and doesn't have massive invasive ads. One of my parents has a dumb TV with a Chromecast and it was nothing but a PITA to use by comparison.
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Not all android TVs are bad, but I think a lot of the cheap ones are pretty bad. Mine is horribly laggy, and will occasionally refuse to turn on unless I powercycle it.
Which Chromecast do your parents have? The ones pre-Google TV are pretty brainless to use, but I hate the new google TV ones as well.
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Until they realise they don't need to make it cheaper because people will buy it anyway because they love all the bells and whistles.
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My Sony Bravia had an update that made it horribly laggy. After screwing around a bit I found out that closing apps made it run faster. Somehow they broke the suspension system with the update and it keeps running out of RAM is what I'm assuming happened.
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Mines always been bad, but I use a Chromecast all the time anyway, so it doesn't matter. I'd be livid if I had bought it, but it was free
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What brand was the non-smart TV?
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Was the TV you got from Sceptre? I got one recently as a dumb TV and it was quite cheap. No complaints thus far, but also managed my expectations in display and speaker quality from a $150 TV.
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Finlux used to be a Finnish company, now it’s Turkish. I had their digibox about 10 years ago. It often didn’t even start and it didn’t have on off button. lol.
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I'll be honest, I have no idea. Its a white round one and knowing that its a Chromecast is the extent of my knowledge because I tend to avoid anything Google like the plague so have next to no knowledge about them beyond going to battle with my parents Chromecast every time i visit
️This comment brought to you with my secondhand Google Pixel rocking GrapheneOS
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White round one with the remote? That's the awful Google TV ones. The earlier versions have no remote, and you really can't go wrong, just press cast and it'll go.
