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Imagine walking into your living room and your TV automatically telling you the weather and your calendar for the day. If this is a future you can imagine, you'll be pleased to hear that Google is working on a new mode for Google TV that does just that.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd prefer to imagine a world in which a multi-billion dollar corporation isn't tracking my every step to sell me more shit, and yet here we are...

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I remember when tech companies used to do cool things just because it was cool and people were interested in the cool things, and they were making improvements and all sorts of fun stuff.

Now it's all just done for... idk

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Now it's all just done for... idk

Money. This is capitalism. The answer is money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was during the Great Back When.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The tru tru

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was a sweet moment in the mid 00s to early teens where cool stuff was being made to push the envelope. Yeah they wanted to sell you stuff, but they did so under the guise that it would be something to look forward to instead of sucking every penny from your dry husk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was this during your formative years?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Say McDonalds to continue

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I continue to look for dumb tvs, but there are precious few. They're either small, or big outdoor monitors. I want an awesome screen TV that's dumb as dirt.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Every TV is a dumb TV it isn't connected to internet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They all have annoyances when you don't do what they want. I want a TV that doesn't want anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sure roku ones don't allow to be used until you accept their terms online

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Wow, I'm glad I never had the chance to experience that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

my LG oled works really well as a dumb TV with it disconnected from the Internet

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING

RESUME VIEWING

[–] Greg 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

lol, Google is an advertising company, this will be a nightmare “feature”.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ad will complete once presence is detected

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would gladly factory reset my television and run off osmc or something if that becomes the norm.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

well only if that becomes possible at all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I was referring to running a second device. Running the TV off osmc would rock, but not happening.

Frustrating fact: I have to wait for my LG TV to boot. It shows a picture, but takes a minute to load the OS and produce sound.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can do this already, all locally, with home assistant. Thanks anyway.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I did it all with a Pi powered magicmirror^2^ which I prefer since it's my bathroom mirror anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I just look at what the weather is. And check my calendar.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, I'm ok with the TV (or local assistant) knowing I'm in the room. But why does personal convenience have to become the panopticon, tech bros?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

because they only make some money selling you convenience and they can make all the money by putting you in a panopticon.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

No it will fucking not dumpster

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Radar IS spying though

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The weather will be what it will be, and I already have a calendar.

The TV is off until the evening anyways, I cannot see the point of this at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fortunately, Google TV is fairly easy to lock down and has permission management similar to android (because its just android with a custom launcher)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

system apps have whatever permissions they want, and you can't remove them. so much for easy permission management, when the adversary is the manufacturer

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

No. I dont want that. Look for something that I actually want and try not to add it to the Google graveyard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I thought this was The Onion for a second xD