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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You can just never connect your TV to the Internet or make it forget all networks, that works pretty well if you have a console or PC hooked into it that is doing the actual content for it

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You still have to deal with the piece of shit taking forever to turn on, and the possibility of it simply dying because any component of the "smart" part died.

[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

In that case you replace the part that died, instead of throwing away everything. (see Hulk meme)

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

At some point smart TV manufacturers are going to catch on and require Internet, it's only a matter of time