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We own the hardware, but not the experience anymore — Big Tech keeps building smarter, more connected devices, but the user experience feels more intrusive, more confusing, and less human (www.windowscentral.com)
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The line between helpful tech and quiet surveillance is blurring — and our devices no longer feel fully under our control.

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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I have a computer capable of outputting video like 5 different ways: over the internet, near-field EM, HDMI, yadda

I just want a fucking standards compatible dumb screen

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I heard a talk a few days ago, and the fella said that if you want a non-smart monitor, you'll need to pay somewhat more for what he called an 'industrial monitor'. He said the 'smart TV' is cheaper because of all the data it'll collect, and they can sell that data to make the price-to-the-user lower. (Don't know for myself, my old Samsung monitor's only smarts were to send data out to one URL, and I was able to change that URL to a site that doesn't exist.)

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    There's gotta be a market for taking cheap smart TVs, replacing the guts with dumb tv, and reselling it, right?

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