I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
It all depends on how you watch tv. Any tv can be a conduit for your computer. And if you download or own hard copies, there’s nothing really stopping that, is there? It’s possible I’m ootl, the last tv I bought (actually, the first AND most recent are one in the same) was $125. I think it’s an earlier gen smart tv, but I’ve never hooked it up to anything but wall power, my computer, my sound system, and my Xbox.
My brother is super into tech stuff and he hanks the way I do a lot of stuff is very “stupid” because I make it more cumbersome. But I don’t want a streaming stick and all that bullshit. I know how to control my computer. I don’t know how to control a little box that’s connected to everything that has no buttons.
Modern smart TVs don’t have a stick that you plug in, they have that stick built in. Of course you can still hook up anything you want to the HDMI input, but my worry is that manufacturers will start locking that behind some garbage online requirement