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Right to Repair/Ownership

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde "oem" parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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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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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Got a new LG TV for Christmas, and never once put it online. Smart TVs always remain dumb in my house, and I just use a Chromecast with Google TV. Never had a single ad and it works just fine displaying what the Chromecast shows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess it comes down to who I want tracking me, no? I lack a Google account.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, there's always the more private option of a Raspberry Pi or similar as a streaming box that you put Kodi or Jellyfin on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True. I isolated the LG and such in a DMZ so its at least not mapping my internals. And with it being isolated, all it knows is that I have a PS5 and I like murder mysteries and fantasy.

I do have a spare Pi, though. Hmm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Always isolate networked functionality for any “smart” device however you can. They will never update with better features. Only enshittify things.

I use an NVIDIA shield pro with a custom launcher as my dedicated stream box so neither Google nor NVIDIA can make it worse as time goes forward.