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Re:GitHub – pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet adver... by metadat on Friday January 13, 2023 @10:05PM (#34376989)
I wrote a recommendation about this 7 months ago (oh my, how time flies):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31707222

tl;dr: If the TV is working well enough already, it may be ill-advised to connect it to the network. The apps, while convenient, can be supplanted by an external AppleTV or similar for minimal cost relative to a nice TV. This protects the TV not only from being a privacy threat and general ad-ridden nuisance, but also from receiving potentially harmful updates that can lead to performance regressions.

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Re:GitHub – pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet adver... by ErikCorry on Saturday January 14, 2023 @06:56AM (#34379558)
Offline TV plus online Chromecast works fine for me.
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Re:GitHub – pi-hole/pi-hole: A black hole for Internet adver... by kapep on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:28AM (#34380179)
That just seems to shift all concerns from one device to another. Is AppleTV or similar devices so much better when it comes to privacy? Or is the selling point just that they don't show ads?
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