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Jabberwocky79 Copilot doesn't just have an AI image problem, it also has a perception of usefulness problem. I'm knee-deep in AI news and usage every day, and yet I always think of Copilot as a lame-duck Office 365 add-on. I don't place it in the same realm as say, Chat GPT or Gemini. Probably others share the same opinion. So, when I first saw the headline, I was genuinely baffled, thinking…. "Is this in case you need to build a PowerPoint on your TV?" Reply
ezst036 I avoid smart TVs like the plague. Generally, its because I don't know what is on them or in them, other than they are spying devices. The microphones that are in these TVs are nefarious and if they have a camera its even worse. I don't think seeing Copilot would influence me much either way. I already know what that TV is and is about. The "who" is not so important. Reply
Rabohinf I avoid smart TVs like the plague. I do, too. Hopefully, Microsoft doesn't have leverage to force unremovable installation on the nVidia ShieldTV device. Reply
ezst036 kealii123 said: My Hisense seems to be the easiest TV to disable all SmartTV nonsense. The catch is that it isn't actually disabled. It's just "the stuff you see" is no longer seen. These spy devices still spy. They have to, otherwise the device cannot pay for itself. They aren 't giving TVs away for virtually free. The reality is that a 65 inch TV still costs the 8 grand it used to cost 10 years ago. It's just that now 7 grand of it is being paid on your behalf through the spyware over time instead of you forking it out on your credit card at purchase time. Follow the money, there's no doubt. These TVs are not "free", and the 2 grand or whatever seemingly cheap price, yeah, that's not real either. That's fake news. Reply
bill001g Best option is likely to get massive numbers of people to file warranty claims. This is one of those get enough social media attention and get enough people to file claims the company will give in even if it feels it is correct. People can also file claims with every government consumer protection entity they can find. Again it doesn't really matter if the company wins in the end it cost them lots of money to fight this stuff so it would save them money and actually give them better consumer image if they allow garbage like this to be deleted. The simpler solution which I have always used with my "smart" tv is to black list all sites and only allow access to the location I want. It makes it very hard for it to run advertising and prevent any software updates. So far at worst it complains about network errors but still function for the one streaming service I have on that tv. Reply
bigdragon Copilot, open Netflix. *searches for Netflix instead* Copilot, tune antenna to channel 13. *searches for CBS Baltimore instead* Copilot, turn off TV. *displays message about how other users may be watching this TV* Copilot, change input to Playstation. *GamePass ad appears and the nearest computers make Windows ding sounds* *pushes power button to catch the end of a football game and sees "We're getting things ready for you. Please do not turn off your TV" appear with a spinning ball for 30 minutes thus preventing watching the end of the game* Copilot… *message appears on screen asking you to rate the Copilot app with a "remind me later" button* LG clearly views the TV as theirs and not yours. This would infuriate me. I do not want Copilot or any other AI junk. I'm tired of its mistakes being waved away as simple bugs or hallucinations instead of the product-breaking failures they are. I also do not want Microsoft infiltrating more household devices. Windows is bad enough these days. I don't think I could buy a modern TV. Smart TVs are crazy slow, and the end user does not have enough control over the smart features. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/tv-providers/lg-tv-update-adds-non-removable-microsoft-copilot-app-to-webos#main
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