The time has come for me to get a new TV. I’ve been dreading this because I keep hearing how shit modern smart TV’s are with the ad situation.

Anyone got any recommendations? Even the best of the bad would be a step up from nothing.

I should also note: I’m not looking for any kind of complicated self hosted thing. This needs to be usable by your grandma. 😄

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    5 days ago

    2. never ever connect it to your network. EVER. Use an external device.

    If you use a roku, roku can still track your roku stuff. But it can’t also see anything you do that’s not using the roku. Like track and report to roku what steam games you play on your steam machine.

    If you put your tv online, it has access to all of that, and can inject content if it wants.

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      5 days ago

      That’s good to know about apple TV. It’s probably a bit spendy though I imagine. I’ll keep it in mind, thanks!