I’ll start: printers.

I bought an HP in March 2020 when my job went remote and HP bricked it remotely after only 100 pages because I wouldn’t sign up for their subscription program. Ended up trashing a perfectly good printer.

Luckily my library’s close by and I can print there remotely.

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      We don’t connect our LG “smart” TV to the internet because “smart” just means advert box. It’s been a much more pleasant experience just using our consoles to control the TV.

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        You’re TV is smart enough to connect to the internet anyway… It will use your neighbor’s ring doorbell, nest, or other IOT device serving Weave, Amazon Sidewalk or other corporate IOT networks to upload its telemetry anyway.

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          I think this is a bit much. It’s not that deep. Not everything is some crazy conspiracy. Also if it was connected to the internet you better believe the screen would be plastered with ads trying to make money off of me. It’s blank therefore not connected.