This is why I have a dumb TV hooked up to a Linus htpc
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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Does Linus know that you use his PC??
When I buy things like this, I try to buy hardware that supported by open source projects. Like routers that can run OpenWRT or Android phones that are supported by LineageOS.
It's amazing that sometimes free projects that are made for people are better than commercial one.
Sometimes
Everytime I am forced to use a proprietary piece of software, my head starts spinning, knowing the suffering I'll have to bear
Back in my day you owned the hardware you bought and were allowed to install a custom operating system.
Once had a "smart" TV, brought it back where i bought it within a month and took a regular monitor, now a PC does the smart and the TV what is supposed to do, display shit.
Who knew my anti-consumption / general frugalness would lead to me having a better TV experience than people who buy the high end gadgets
My solution: Buy a very large monitor.
Then connect some streaming box to it you can easily replace if/when it gets shitty, instead of having to replace the whole TV.
get and root an android tv box, if you want a cheap one, get a xiaomi mi box, don't get cheap-ass chinese crap (like the X... ones) from AliExpress.
Screw TVs, digital signage is the way. With every new smart TV I am more convinced that I'm just going to buy this display from this Jeff Geerling video
We have the burdon of knowledge. We know too much. We were there when a TV turned on and you were presented with channels. Some fuzzy some clear. Sometimes your had to wiggle the antenna. The point is, there is a generation that has never known that. They have only seen a smart tv. They don't know the greener grass. TV makers are waiting for us to die and the next generation to just accept their shitty product as normal. I hate it. I hate it so much.