The other option is for all the mods to quit. AI can probably do a lot of basic tasks, but without mods they wouldn’t have a site pretty quickly.

Sorry i misunderstood, thanks for clarifying!

These tech workers are not Bezos. They are just developers and technical people that thought they had a good job with competitive salaries. It sucks they have to uproot their lives because management is being shitty.

They may work for a company without ethics, but that’s kind of the corporate landscape these days.

My Samsung I bought last year required an Internet connection during setup, but after it updated it “allowed” me to disconnect it. Just to be extra safe I connected it to a guest network that I changed the password on so it couldn’t remember the credentials. The menus have ads (that never change), but I set the TV to default to the last HDMI port when it turns on.

I wish they had an AOSP sort of approach to TV where I could install a new ROM and customize the TV OS with whatever changes I’d like, so I didn’t need extra devices to view Plex and my streaming channels. DRM shuts that dream down pretty quickly though.

I hope that some privacy forward brands will emerge, but there just doesn’t seem to be consumer demand or awareness.

Thank you daddy capitalism.

I hope I can continue to make the smart TV dumb by never giving it network access. When that fails I’ll have to hope the pihole handles some of it. The other fun option might be to put it on a VPN in the EU and hope that it enables some gdpr options.

Either way you’re right, it’s likely inevitable.

I was always torn over what TV brand to buy. This helps narrow it down further.

What did they do?

“Action” as a verb is about as vague as you can get. Does that mean an angry Facebook post, contacting representatives, staging an event, or violently overthrowing the government?

I’m guessing it’ll mostly be Facebook posts with a handful of people actually gathering in real life doing something stupid.

So how do I do something to help? I live a few states over and don’t want my representatives getting any ideas.

This title hurts my brain.

It’s not high tech, but a door lock with a simple pin pad has been great at my house. Never have to worry about having keys or getting locked out. Just have to change some batteries every six months or so. This isn’t Internet connected, but I see that as a benefit.

They are a huge tech company. They should have a checkbox in the checkout flow that lets you add a free cable if you need one.

I’m not trying to be a dick, just pragmatic. This is the only story I could find on this matter, and I’m guessing very few people are aware that this even happened. I’m just saying I’d think long and hard for an angle that would lead to maximum results if I was ready to die…

Seems like one would fly over and join the fight vs setting oneself on fire.

Palin sounded like such a disconnected asshole with “Drill, baby! Drill!”. I almost did a spit take when Harris basically said the same. Pro fracking? Really?

“OHH, yeah!”

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Hope they don’t share this technology with Israel.

Neo Nazis need gold coins too!

I think his anti-Mosquito stance is the only reasonable position on an issue he has ever taken.