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Article #625656Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:34
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:34
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On 23 Aug 2018 19:20:59 GMT Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-08-23, Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote: > > On 8/23/2018 12:58 PM, Jorgen Grahn wrote: > > > >> My TV set broke down last week. I may want to replace it, but I > >> don't understand the feature set of the current models. What's a > >> "SmartTV" and do I want one? Etc. > >> > > It connects to the Internet. It can show things like YouTube and > > Netflix without involving a(nother) computer, and may even have its > > own built-in camera and microphone. > > > > It probably also spies on you and tells its masters about your viewing > > habits. Like other Internet Of Things critters, it may open your LAN > > to other malignant access as well. Don't count on timely software > > updates. > > Precisely. I forgot about the "software updates" bit. Expect services > to go away until eventually it just turns into a TV. Yep so if you want that sort of thing buy a TV and an Android TV box, and expect to replace the latter every couple of years because they don't get OS software updates either, but they are relatively cheap and easily replaced. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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