Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money

Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by willnonya on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:31AM (#31295330)

Their point about "smart" TV's having a shorter life than older dumb TV is a valid point. Some models tend to become pretty useless and at least inconvenient when their software gets outdated. Some require internet access to function while others just make it difficult to use streaming dongles and the like.

The real issue is the lack of security in these devices. Updates are rare enough but for something that bridges your home network with the internet this is an agregious failing.

This doesn't even touch on the repairability issues inherent in modern TV design.

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by gruez on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:40AM (#31295437)

>Their point about "smart" TV's having a shorter life than older dumb TV is a valid point. Some models tend to become pretty useless and at least inconvenient when their software gets outdated.

This sounds like a non-issue, in a "broken escalators become stairs" kind of way. If your smart TV doesn't work because it hasn't received software updates for years, and the youtube/netflix app no longer works anymore, can't you just... use it as a dumb TV?

>This doesn't even touch on the repairability issues inherent in modern TV design.

What "repairability issues"? TVs hasn't been repariable for decades now.

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