King@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community to Technology@piefed.social · edit-23 months agoLG TV's new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deletedi.redd.itimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1275arrow-down1imageLG TV's new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deletedi.redd.itKing@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community to Technology@piefed.social · edit-23 months agomessage-square53linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoOh no. LG TVs have abhorrently slow and invasive smarts. You’re better off getting a Roku or AppleTV and doing that. Never connect the smart tv to the internet.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoMy LG needed to be briefly connected for a firmware update that fixed HDR video. Butbthen immediately disconnected again.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoEthernet runs for that. It doesn’t get WiFi feeds from me. Ever.
minus-squaremassacre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoI have bad news for you.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWhat, the TV now has a way to plug itself in?
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoWouldn’t ethernet still be internet access…?
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYes but it is access you can physically disable. WiFi you would have to change passwords to really keep the TV out since it can turn itself back on.
Oh no. LG TVs have abhorrently slow and invasive smarts. You’re better off getting a Roku or AppleTV and doing that. Never connect the smart tv to the internet.
My LG needed to be briefly connected for a firmware update that fixed HDR video. Butbthen immediately disconnected again.
Ethernet runs for that. It doesn’t get WiFi feeds from me. Ever.
I have bad news for you.
What, the TV now has a way to plug itself in?
Wouldn’t ethernet still be internet access…?
Yes but it is access you can physically disable. WiFi you would have to change passwords to really keep the TV out since it can turn itself back on.