Access to TV OS's source code could allow users to limit ads, tracking.
  • [object Object]@lemmy.caEnglish
    1 month

    How can you not modify something you bought? That this is even a question is insane.

    • TheJesusaurus@piefed.caEnglish
      1 month

      Yep, don’t let them even convince you this is a question that’s allowed. Even allowing it to be framed like this is a win to them. When I buy something it’s mine. I can smash it with a hammer, I can fix it, I can modify it.

  • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
    1 month

    I appreciate it’s a lot of effort, but I’m surprised that no-one has reverse engineered access to the TVs anyway.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 month

      Should make it where it basically deletes all the crap and just lets the TV be a TV.

  • PunnyName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 month

    I’m in a furnished government apartment (no longer in a homeless shelter), and it comes with a Vizio TV. I can’t even use the fucking thing without creating an account. So it sits there doing nothing, because I refuse to even make a spam account setup.

    • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1 month

      (no longer in a homeless shelter)

      woah dude congratulations on getting a step up! I truly hope that things keep looking up for you so you can one day enjoy a normal television again! :D