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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by andybak on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:10AM (#31038420)
Without a TV I'd miss the ability to "turn something on without being paralysed by choice". Usually mealtimes or when very tired, I just want to turn on the TV and flick through a handful of channels and just watch whatever there is on.

It's mainly a UX thing. There's just more friction with TV apps even if they do have a "watch live" option. Channel hopping is just much harder.

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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by jolmg on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:16AM (#31038461)
It isn't much different to open YouTube, pick whatever's recommended, and just let autoplay pick the next video to play. You get better tailored content.
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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by andybak on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:23AM (#31039376)
It is different.

YouTube is deep in my filter bubble whereas channel hopping TV channels is a moderately curated selection.

(and YouTube in private browsing is just a firehose of automated recommendations).

There's probably about 10 channels worth watching on UK Freeview and the hit rate is fairly high when my standards are low but I want something easy and engaging.

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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by wrycoder on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:57AM (#31060252)
> firehose

And that common denominator is appalling!

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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by maccard on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:24AM (#31038519)
And what are you connecting YouTube to to display that content? For most people that's a TV I would guess.
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Re:It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV by andybak on Friday April 15, 2022 @08:20AM (#31039353)
(scroll back a bit - that's not quite the point being debated)
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