Everything is a problem
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I've got some bad news
Obviously you just forgot to lick the tines!
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This is absolutely a problem, but credit where credit's due, I'm really happy that the specification for Matter requires local control without calling out to the internet. Though Matter devices can still call out to the internet for additional features. I know Matter has it's issues, but I believe it is slowly improving the smart home. But I fully understand people that want to reject the smart home altogether.
My whole home automation is using Zigbee devices, they don't even know what internet is, and it doesnt matter which brand it is as longs it is supported by Zigbee2MQTT. Matter is great, so is Thread.
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That's because the TVs are subsidized by selling your stolen info.
Ugh how depressing
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My whole home automation is using Zigbee devices, they don't even know what internet is, and it doesnt matter which brand it is as longs it is supported by Zigbee2MQTT. Matter is great, so is Thread.
Yeah! Where I can, I use matter over thread. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that should provide the same benefits as zigbee? From what I remember, thread evolved from zigbee.
Unfortunately matter over thread simple doesn’t exist for some categories of devices. For light bulbs, only Nanoleaf offers matter over thread, and the quality is pretty terrible. Do they even make matter over thread air conditioners?
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If only eARC worked well. It's support seems garbage.
I had nothing but problems with eARC. DRM errors. Sound cutting out constantly. Device detection not working so the TV swaps back to internal speakers.
Not one problem since swapping to optical.
...i use optical PCM for all my stereo sources; unfortunately with multichannel audio its bandwidth is sufficient only for lossy compression...
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Did you know that Ryobi has an app that lets you register tools you've bought?
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TVs seem to have been pretty much taken over by 'smart' features.
I don't mean this as a dare or a gotcha, but genuinely asking if you know of a decently priced modern TV that's 'dumb' please let me know so I can buy it.
I think they are saying to just not connect whatever. E.g. buy the smart TV and don't connect it to the internet.
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This is one of the reasons why I still only use wired headphones.
Tough to find phones that still have a jack. USB headphones or a dongle?
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Every time I have to wait for a 10 year old game to "update" I want to murder whoever is responsible.
There was a recent update for Fallout 4 which broke a bunch of mods. Fallout 4 was released in 2015 and is a single-player game. Why did it get an update?
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I have this smart lightbulb that I got for halloween last year because I thought it'd be cool to make the porch glow purple for trick or treaters. Now I have to replace it because the app that controls it has decided to try and blackmail me for camera and location access and the bulbs default state without the app is to flash on and off in a way seemingly deliberately designed to cause headaches.
Phillip k dick (i think) wrote a story about this.
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I think they are saying to just not connect whatever. E.g. buy the smart TV and don't connect it to the internet.
Doesn't work anymore; they make shadow mesh nets with yoyr neighbors' devices so if one connects...
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Tough to find phones that still have a jack. USB headphones or a dongle?
OnePlus 5, bought used in 2019, LineageOS 22.2/Android 15. Has a jack.
When I get a new phone, I'll probably use a dongle.
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I've got some bad news
Ahhhhh! Nothing is sacred anymoooooore
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My poor tv is like, "connect to the internet? I need to call home! Help, i've been abducted by a luddite!"
Tv, you are never getting my wifi password.
Piece of shit genocider
