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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)

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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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[–] LiquorFan@pathfinder.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm never buying a "smart" anything, aside from phones. I put up with Android and it already feels like too much.

[–] RustyWizard@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

By all means. But "smart" TVs come at a discount because they believe they'll have opportunities to make revenue off of those features. However, if you prevent the thing from connecting to the Internet then you get the best of both worlds. Cheaper and ad free.