2y ago

samsung TVs losing access to Google assistant

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Google Assistant to stop working on Samsung TVs due to a policy change

Gotta love how companies can remove features after you've bought them. Should be grounds for being eligible return imo

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You know what? I’m considering just going back to the basics. A dumb phone, a dumb tv, a dumb remote, back to basic cable, canceling all my subscriptions, and just staying on the fediverse for my internet fixes. Fuck all this noise, it isn’t making our lives better, just more fucking stressful. How the fuck can these companies get away with this? I’ll answer my own question. We let them.
- I only buy dumb TVs. I'd rather plug a chromecast or kodi box into a dumb TV then deal with everything smart TVs.
  
  where are you getting modern tvs with good displays that aren't "smart"?
  
  For the most part in the West you can still buy a smart TV, connect to it via HDMI, and never connect it to the Internet and it works fine. In China there are already TVs that have to be registered before they'll even start working as a TV. I'm sure it's a matter of time before this comes to the western world.
- After someone pointed out I can just use a computer monitor, it dawned on me that I was using entry level audio monitors too so the build in speakers of the tv weren't even relevant to my use cases and now I'm eyeing those qd oleds
"Sorry, but you clicked 'okay' on the terms and conditions. It specifically says that we reserve the right to alter or remove software offerings on our devices at our discretion.
It also says that your first-born child is to be delivered to Samsung headquarters freight prepaid within 90 days of acknowledgement of the terms. I see from our automated face tracking that you have three children and we have not yet confirmed receipt of... let's see.... Molly, is it? I'll give you a 30 day grace period, after which we will remotely melt your television. How does that sound?"
The tech world really needs to adjust to the reality of today and adapt. Today's laws and typical contract formats just don't work. Stop with this annual licencing bullshit. If a product needs access to another company's shit, buy it outright for lifetime access, or at least access with 10 years after cancellation.
*Tesla full self driving enters the chat

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