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Hey do anybody know where you get a tv that supports 4k and does not have that locked up smarttv shit?

If there are none, does anybody know a tv that boots fast(less than 30 seconds) and displays an hdmi input by default without the need to choose the input from a menu.

Thanks in advance.

And sorry if I am in the wrong place.

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[โ€“] Thorry84@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It bothers me a LOT!

Especially when I don't even use the smart shit, basically use it as a glorified monitor and the thing pops up a message "Our terms and conditions have changed". I cannot use my fucking TV till I accept the new terms and if I refuse, the TV just turns off.

It's such bullshit! I own the TV, how can you change the terms and conditions after the fact? Can I change the terms and conditions? I know I paid $1000 for this TV, but I changed my mind, can you please give me back 250$. I altered the deal, pray I don't alter it any further.

Same with my goddamned piece of shit phone. Here is a new software version, it will remove 3 features you love and use every day, drains your battery twice as fast and makes the whole thing slow. You can maybe hack shit till it doesn't update automatically and only occasionally bugs you about it. But then you don't get any security updates or compatibility fixes, so that's not really a good option either. So you buy a new device every 2 years, even though it was perfectly fine.

I know the EU is working on it, but I can't wait for the day manufacturers are forced to provide at least 5-7 years of security/compatibility updates for devices, without also bundling feature updates. And be legally bound to the terms and conditions at the moment of sale, no changing the deal after it's done.

[โ€“] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The only solace I can offer is that I think most TOS have been deemed unenforceable since literarily no-one reads that shit.

Somone correct me if I'm wrong please.

[โ€“] ooterness@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Weird, the new ToC just says "I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it further."

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago

We altered the deal, pray we don't alter it further.

[โ€“] Rouxibeau@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't give it internet access and it can't get new terms and services.