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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by namdnay on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:25AM (#23488590)
That's what I thought, until I got a Samsung with integrated Netflix, youtube etc. No more hassle with separate boxes and multiple remotes etc, I can use the Samsung minimalist remote (which is both beautiful and really usable - the aluminium one) and jsut switch from one app to another to TV etc

There's even a feature where you can directly access a channel's "smart" features from that channel (so if I'm watching Arte I press the red button and get replay episodes etc)

And then they force ads down my throat :(

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by hadrien01 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:00AM (#23488965)
The channel smart features are powered by HbbTV (Arte+7, BBC Red Button, France.tv Salto, etc.), they should work on non-smart TVs that are connected to the Internet.
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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by namdnay on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:35AM (#23489342)
ah good to know! i didn't know there were intermediate tvs that had internet without being "smart"
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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by dreamcompiler on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:40PM (#23491987)
So build a Pihole. Now you get the best of both worlds: Use the Samsung integrated features but no ads.
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