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[–] hikaru755@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

That hasn't been true for years. I'm sick of people pretending that it's somehow "natural" for TVs to be dumb, and blaming others for wanting their devices to do more for them and be more convenient. A TV that can run apps isn't the problem. A TV that can access the Internet isn't the problem. Even a TV that stays connected in standby mode is not inherently a problem. The problem is surveillance capitalism and that most of the world is unwilling to legislate and enforce proper consumer protections.

Sure, the article could've mentioned that not connecting your TV might(!) stop it. But framing it like this obvious and trivial solution that everyone can "just" do and saying that nobody should even want those features in the first place is just out of touch and borders on victim blaming.