Imagine walking into your living room and your TV automatically telling you the weather and your calendar for the day. If this is a future you can imagine, you’ll be pleased to hear that Google is working on a new mode for Google TV that does just that.
I thought this was The Onion for a second xD
RESUME VIEWING
RESUME VIEWING
RESUME VIEWING
lol, Google is an advertising company, this will be a nightmare “feature”.
ad will complete once presence is detected
I would gladly factory reset my television and run off osmc or something if that becomes the norm.
Fortunately, Google TV is fairly easy to lock down and has permission management similar to android (because its just android with a custom launcher)
I continue to look for dumb tvs, but there are precious few. They’re either small, or big outdoor monitors. I want an awesome screen TV that’s dumb as dirt.
Every TV is a dumb TV it isn’t connected to internet.
They all have annoyances when you don’t do what they want. I want a TV that doesn’t want anything.
Drink Verification Can.
Say McDonalds to continue
I’d prefer to imagine a world in which a multi-billion dollar corporation isn’t tracking my every step to sell me more shit, and yet here we are…
I remember when tech companies used to do cool things just because it was cool and people were interested in the cool things, and they were making improvements and all sorts of fun stuff.
Now it’s all just done for… idk
Now it’s all just done for… idk
Money. This is capitalism. The answer is money.
When was this? 1978?
There was a sweet moment in the mid 00s to early teens where cool stuff was being made to push the envelope. Yeah they wanted to sell you stuff, but they did so under the guise that it would be something to look forward to instead of sucking every penny from your dry husk
Was this during your formative years?
It was during the Great Back When.
The Before Times.
The tru tru
No it will fucking not dumpster
I can do this already, all locally, with home assistant. Thanks anyway.
I did it all with a Pi powered magicmirror2 which I prefer since it’s my bathroom mirror anyway.
I just look at what the weather is. And check my calendar.
Right, I’m ok with the TV (or local assistant) knowing I’m in the room. But why does personal convenience have to become the panopticon, tech bros?
because they only make some money selling you convenience and they can make all the money by putting you in a panopticon.
Radar IS spying though
