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The one weird thing that everyone seems to just accept is smart tvs with ads. I use my smart tv for many things, but disconnected from the internet and hooked into a little entertainment Linux machine that does all the processing. I can’t fathom taking the raw experience.
Getting my wife and kids on board and trained on this is a feat I’m just not talented to pull off.
I’m afraid that I have no solution for you, but can I ask how familiar they are with using a regular computer?
Consumers are lazy and brain rotted, too much effort to build an htpc or do anything that protect yourselfs and your family's data when the TV can just do it all for you, who cares that it's a literal piece of spyware ad riddled garbage.
I guess I shouldn't be blaming the consumer here, since it's obviously the predatory capitalist company at fault. But still, I think most people are fucking dumb.
I bet everyone does wish they had infinite time and an abundance of money to spend on developing everything from scratch. I hope you recognize how privileged you are! 🥲
So you change your own oil and do your own brakes, right? Cook all your meals, mow your lawn yourself, hand wash your dishes, and compost your food scraps?
No?
You’re just lazy and brain rotted; it’s too much effort for you to do those things.
(The point is the normal person has no idea and no interest in building a Home Theater PC (HTPC) nor in maintaining one, and I get that. Most people don’t brew their own beer, if it can/will come out superior to what’s in the store. Please just want to come home, sit down, and turn on something that works.
If only we were all socialists and would never have to worry about ads because most of us starved
I bought a micro PC and use that to stream Plex and other Internet media directly to my TV. I don't connect the TV itself to the Internet and I don't have cable or public access TV. I can block all ads with my micro PC and home network.