Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup
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Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

  • TWeaKEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    The trouble is you can’t find decent sized monitor panels at reasonable prices. Frankly your most practical bet is to buy a TV with minimal smart functions and never connect it, then use that for your media PC. Also maybe hack the TV, that should be far more common IMO.

    • Noble Shift@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      HDMI / DP to the TV.

      I’ve done the TV hacking and it’s just such a pain in the ass to keep up with. With the HTPC it doesn’t care about anything other than the resolution you want on the screen and the output, no accidentally missing anything, no cat & mouse.

      I have control issues …

      • TWeaKEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I mean yeah I agree the HTPC doesn’t care, my point was mainly that you can’t get a big ass 50" monitor that easily - TV’s are cheaper and easier to find for large panels. However I’d also prefer to have a dumb monitor, for control reasons.

        My bigger issue though is that I have a growing temptation to drop a grand on 4x 18TB hard drives… https://diskprices.com/