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Re:Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator by nkrisc on Monday December 14, 2015 @01:58PM (#10733013)
This is why I go out of my way to be appliances that have no "smart" capability whatsoever. They're useless and I'll probably never use it. I got my 55" TV for hundreds of dollars cheaper than the comparable "smart" varieties, simply because it only did the one thing it was any good at anyway: displaying video output.
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Re:Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator by r00fus on Monday December 14, 2015 @03:03PM (#10733414)
The problem is, you'll likely get "smart" features thrown in "for free" (read priced into model) if you want a decent screen in the future.
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Re:Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator by nkrisc on Monday December 14, 2015 @03:53PM (#10733766)
In the future, yeah, that seems it will become unavoidable. Luckily for now I was totally able to avoid it, even though I did have to actively seek a new, dumb TV.
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Re:Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator by paulddraper on Monday December 14, 2015 @10:21PM (#10735695)
Yep, the best thing is when you can compose things.

Like stream Netflix with your laptop, or play games with your Xbox.

Rather than have the thing that does everything poorly.

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