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dmurray
on Aug 22, 2022
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The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamle...
Or partnerships between the TV company and the ISPs, to put additional wireless networks on their consumer routers that are accessible to the TVs.
runnerup
on Aug 22, 2022
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Or Amazon Sidewalk for the mesh network version of this.
fmajid
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Comcast does this in its routers, and no longer allows you to opt-out. They also have all the advertising ecosystem integration, of course.
sangnoir
on Aug 22, 2022
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That's why one should never use ISP-provided routers. Since ISPs can update/control devices connected to their network, buy a modem without WiFi: anything downstream of that is
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