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A comment on Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement. Parent comment

Re:Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement by wodenokoto on Sunday February 08, 2015 @09:51AM (#9017359)
Right now it isn't so useful, but once stuff like "put on that Wes Andersen movie where they ride on a train all the time" becomes useful, I see why voice might be preferred over a button, especially in China, where voice search already has a big share of all search.

But I agree. I'd much rather have a dumb tv and upgrade my attached boxes.

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Re:Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement by maccard on Sunday February 08, 2015 @10:08AM (#9017400)
> But I agree. I'd much rather have a dumb tv and upgrade my attached boxes.

So you trust the manafacturer/software provider of your attached box more than that of the TV?

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Re:Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement by wodenokoto on Sunday February 08, 2015 @11:40AM (#9017650)
I get to choose box separate from screen. Means I can get a box with microphone if I trust the company, or one without if I dont.

What I don't like is paying for smart tv features that don't work or don't trust just to get a screen. Maybe the company that makes great screens make untrustable smart tv features, and maybe the open source smart tv of the future sits in a crappy screen.

More probably the smart tv features gets outdated before the screen.

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Re:Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement by MereInterest on Sunday February 08, 2015 @10:19AM (#9017437)
When it is a machine that I have built myself, running an open operating system, then yes, I do give that much more trust than the TV manufacturer.
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Re:Samsung Global Privacy Policy - SmartTV Supplement by rasz_pl on Sunday February 08, 2015 @04:16PM (#9018602)
>"put on that Wes Andersen movie where they ride on a train all the time"

starts playing 'Resident Evil'

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