I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household.

Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven’t already.

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  • Waldschrat@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Return it. If you hold on to it (even if you block the ads and all) it will signal the manufacturer, that this practice is fine.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      And then buy a non-smart TV instead. At least one company, Sceptre, still makes them. (I don’t want to make it seem like I’m shilling for a particular brand, but I genuinely don’t know of any other options, aside from commercial signage displays.)

    • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works
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      19 hours ago

      Sounds like they might have the capability to just network block the device from their router too. At least that’s what I do, just in case someone tries to use it.