I’m mostly sailing the high seas, using the tv as a giant monitor for the always-on laptop connected to it. I’m afraid of the 1984-esque “You must connect to the internet to continue using this TV” that might come after some time.

  • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
    14·
    26 days ago

    You could also do that “softly” with PiHole, if you intend to use some of the apps, but if you don’t, it’s only beneficial to disconnect it entirely from the internet.

      • Successful_Try543@feddit.org
        4·
        26 days ago

        I’m also surprised annoyed how often the FireTV stick and the Samsung TV are calling home, or at least how often they try.
        agree

        • Broken@lemmy.ml
          2·
          25 days ago

          Samnsung takes a screenshot every 500ms. LG is every 10ms. For crying out loud they can “stream” everything you watch.

    • TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world
      3·
      26 days ago

      I tried this for a while to appease the wife, and I just couldn’t. The amount of shit my pi hole blocked from just one TV was ridiculous. The thing is not connected to the internet anymore, and I use a different pi as a streaming PC