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Re:Free software hasn't won by drnick1 on Monday October 13, 2025 @01:01AM (#45564823)
But there is a simple alternative here: don't connect your TV to the Internet, use it as a dumb monitor for a FOSS streaming box (Linux PC or Lineage Android TV among others).
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Re:Free software hasn't won by epolanski on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:00AM (#45565915)
How's that relevant to me not controlling the device?
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Re:Free software hasn't won by makeitdouble on Monday October 13, 2025 @02:46AM (#45565433)
That's not an alternative: at the end you don't get a TV, you get a streaming box.

Perhaps you don't care about OTA TVs in the first place, but that's a different point.

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Re:Free software hasn't won by kuschku on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:35AM (#45566515)
That doesn't necessarily work anymore, some TVs now have Amazon WhisperNet built in, and will just update ads via your neighbor's Alexa.
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