. Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) Every time you write another one of these wonderful rants, I get scared of what will happen if my dishwasher (that works offline! Really! It does!) breaks.
Or what hoops I have to jump through if I want a new TV and am forced to go to the "smart" "homescreen" (cough Samsung cough) instead of simply selecting HDMI 1 and hook up a Raspberry Pi with Kodi*.
Or my e-reader....
Or, well, everything I own because I had a really, really long search for a replacement I actually _own_.
--
I currently have a Panasonic "smart" TV. I've never seen the "smart" part, it's a big display. It's not connected to the internet, and if it wasn't for the need to see the screen, I would put it in a Faraday cage.
Simon 🐮:spot:
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2026-01-14 21:17:29 UTC
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