TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8Karstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square333linkfedilinkarrow-up1673
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI hooked my computer up to the HDMI and have used that as my primary interface. It’s not perfect, but it screens out 95% of bullshit
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThat doesn’t, unless you’ve blocked your TV from network access, because they use ACR - Automated Content Recognition - that literally scans what is being displayed over your hdmi port and then sells it off to advertisers.
minus-squaresketchyenchantment@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think you missed the part where the TV doesn’t have access to the network.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey can connect to open WiFi spots and just ignore the fact that you didn’t connect it.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd wait, no you’re thinking of a different thread. This thread mentioned no such thing.
I hooked my computer up to the HDMI and have used that as my primary interface.
It’s not perfect, but it screens out 95% of bullshit
That doesn’t, unless you’ve blocked your TV from network access, because they use ACR - Automated Content Recognition - that literally scans what is being displayed over your hdmi port and then sells it off to advertisers.
I think you missed the part where the TV doesn’t have access to the network.
They can connect to open WiFi spots and just ignore the fact that you didn’t connect it.
And wait, no you’re thinking of a different thread. This thread mentioned no such thing.