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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)

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[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sigh. Our latest TV is an LG precisely because LG did not have ads in its OS whereas its main competitors do. Once they introduce ads, they'll have completely lost me as a potential repeat customer.

Guess our next TV will just be a large monitor, with no "smart" shenanigans whatsoever.

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly, I'll be using a big monitor with an HTPC. These "smart" TVs are just horrific anymore with their ads and subs and everything else that's a money grab. I don't need any of that garbage.

Right now I have an older TV without a smart OS. It's hooked up to an AV amp and a couple TV boxes. I dread replacing my TV because of the crappy operating systems they all have now. I'll have to find a big monitor if I can even find something like that for a decent price, don't know, haven't looked.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Plug a Raspberry Pi with LibreElec into the HDMI port of any smart tv and never use the OS or connect it to wifi. I can't fathom why people use the ad-ridden trash these TVs ship with.

[–] Mkengine@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why even use the LG OS? I always used a fire tv stick and now nvidia shield (I don't see ads as far as I know), which is much better supported as an Android OS instead if an LG OS.