Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1590arrow-down119cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
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minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoCurious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSamsung historically has had a habit of poaching features from their Smart TVs as they age, eventually leaving you with a not so smart TV after a decade or so. Not sure if other manufacturers do the same
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea! /s
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.
Curious, what functionality would I lose? All it needs to do is turn on and display video through an HDMI port.
Samsung historically has had a habit of poaching features from their Smart TVs as they age, eventually leaving you with a not so smart TV after a decade or so. Not sure if other manufacturers do the same
What a realistic approach! A thing getting dumber as it ages, what a great idea!
/s
Aha! Yeah that’s okay with me, since we just disable their internet hook computers up, to use them as dumb monitors.