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How to deal with those annoying TVs blaring Fox News all day (sopuli.xyz)

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Source: https://bsky.app/profile/funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social/post/3lmkfwebeuc27

In fact you can use your smartphone to change the channel on nearly any TV. In the comments on that post some people talk about how to do it. Basically you need a smartphone with either builtin IR or use a USB-C IR blaster or if your phone has a 3.5mm headphone jack you can also try one of those but I'm not sure if the 3.5mm ones are as commonly supported.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Easier to just unplug the TV.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There are pros and cons to that.

Advantage is of course you get peace and quiet like that. No TV might feel more relaxing.

Downside is someone might plug the TV in again which will turn it back on to Fox. Changing the channel means you can show unbiased news and maybe if for example you change the station to PBS, people will get educated. People might leave it on the channel you changed it to due to apathy. A TV that's off is more noticeable.

I'd recommend if it's possible especially if you're the only one in the room at the time consider going into the channel editor and removing Fox News and other propaganda stations from the channel list.

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