LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
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Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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

  • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Sigh. Our latest TV is an LG precisely because LG did not have ads in its OS whereas its main competitors do. Once they introduce ads, they’ll have completely lost me as a potential repeat customer.

    Guess our next TV will just be a large monitor, with no “smart” shenanigans whatsoever.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      I’d rather have a dedicated box and a dumb tv, the hardware rarely keeps pace than a box

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      Good luck. They don’t really make non-smart TVs anymore.

      But I just picked up a Sony and never connect it to the internet after updating the firmware. I have an Apple TV box for an interface. I don’t need a non-upgradable streaming stick built into my TV thanks

    • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Exactly, I’ll be using a big monitor with an HTPC. These “smart” TVs are just horrific anymore with their ads and subs and everything else that’s a money grab. I don’t need any of that garbage.

      Right now I have an older TV without a smart OS. It’s hooked up to an AV amp and a couple TV boxes. I dread replacing my TV because of the crappy operating systems they all have now. I’ll have to find a big monitor if I can even find something like that for a decent price, don’t know, haven’t looked.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        Plug a Raspberry Pi with LibreElec into the HDMI port of any smart tv and never use the OS or connect it to wifi. I can’t fathom why people use the ad-ridden trash these TVs ship with.

      • pips@lemmy.filmEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I just don’t connect my TV to the internet. Once a year I update the firmware with a USB, it’s perfect.

      • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        While I agree that smart TVs are garbage, they’re cheap AF because of the ads and other garbage they include. Look for a dumb TV, if you can even find one nowadays, and it’s double the price. They’re subsidizing the cost of the TV with the ads and tracking.

        I also have an older TV from 2008, and if it dies, I’m probably not going to replace it. I don’t use it enough that it’s worth replacing.

        If you want a large monitor, those are quite expensive, especially at the sizes of today’s TVs. You can get a cheapish 40" monitor, but above that, you’re looking at a 50% premium for a monitor over a TV.

    • Teh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      My 6ish year old Sony was purchased with the built in OS as my least important quality, as I knew that someday it’d be unsupportable as far as new apps, but that a third party box would provide a good experience with a single HDMI. I’m actually still using the built in OS but I can tell that it’s getting slower and buggier, so I’m thinking of getting a Roku soon.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I tried that: they are difficult to impossible to find. I thought I was generous to be willing to pay double, but I couldn’t find a monitor with my tv’s specs for any price

      I ended up getting a Vizio and to my surprise I actually use the spyOS over my streaming devices most of the time. It’s actually pretty good —- except for the ads. Even then, it mostly needs an extra click or two to open the app I want, rather than the sponsored app