I’m mostly sailing the high seas, using the tv as a giant monitor for the always-on laptop connected to it. I’m afraid of the 1984-esque “You must connect to the internet to continue using this TV” that might come after some time.

  • MudMan@fedia.io
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    22 hours ago

    OK, but that’s not what the OP said. OP is concerned that keeping the TV offline may trigger a mandatory connection check down the line (not a thing that I know of, at least outside of very specific ad-based cheap models, to answer their question).

    The only other thing being brought up in their post are that they play back pirated content primarily. That and the reference to 1984 make me think privacy more than “mostly made up minor technical inconvenience related to firmware updates”.

    Either way, if the TV works fine and they are exclusively using an external device for playback there should be no downside to keeping the thing offline indefinitely.

      • MudMan@fedia.io
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        15 hours ago

        Hey, you didn’t have to say that at all, disagreeing online is what it is, but it’s genuinely rare to see that written down. Genuine tip of the hat to you. Trivial as this conversation is, that’s huge gentlemanly energy right there.