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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by hnlmorg on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:34PM (#38195758)
That only works as long as TVs connect to the internet via WiFi. Unfortunately there are protocols out there of IoT that by pass per device WiFi settings entirely by setting up mesh networks.
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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by mmh0000 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:38PM (#38195805)
Amazon Sidewalk[1][2] being one of the biggest players:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Sidewalk

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk/b?node=21328123011

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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by hnlmorg on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @03:00PM (#38196079)
Indeed.

Devices can also ship eSIM too. But at least that comes with bigger cost than just the radio chipset.

I believe 5g can all support meshing. But I don’t know a whole lot about that.

Suffice to say, what little control we have now is going to disappear completely over the next decade.

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