• drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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    15 hours ago

    Just like a tv being bricked, you also realize that your stick is a failure point too and can be bricked? Or does this not exist in your imaginary scenario?

    I literally mentioned it in my first comment in this thread. The literal first thing I said in this thread was:

    Not the person you’re replying to, but if a bad update hits the streaming stick you’re out a $20 streaming stick not a few hundred dollar TV

    And if I have multiple TVs without apps I would need multiple sticks, or only the one. And if that’s the case it would be moved and hence why the ports CAN be damaged. It’s thinking ahead to remove that possibility. So yes, it’s all related, so go whing to someone else. (Having $100 in sticks isn’t a smart choice, I don’t think this needs to be explained….)

    Buddy the person who owns 5 smart tvs can clearly afford a new smart tv in their masion. I would have a hard time placing 5 tvs in a single house or appartment I have ever lived in or been in or any friend has lived in or been in. Where are you putting 5 TVs? Are they in your bathroom and kitchen? At that point the componding issue of expense is magnified in my favor. If they’re all these brands facing bricking updates then yes it would still be better to have 5 streaming sticks since thats a 5 $20 replacement instead of 5 $500-5000 replacement.

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      14 hours ago

      . I would have a hard time placing 5 tvs in a single house or appartment I have ever lived in or been in or any friend has lived in or been in.

      It’s almost like everyone’s situation is different eh? So all you’re doing is saying everyone has to do things your way since that’s your experience. That’s asinine dude.

      You asked questions, I answered them, and now you’re arguing since I’m different than you.

      But bloviate dude lmfao.

      And where are you buying your tcls? They’re $200 for a 4k 40”. I have one good tv in basement, and the rest are cheap ones. Kids, garage, living, bonus room. That’s 6 cheap TVs right there. 3 kids dude. And streaming sticks aren’t $20, they are closer to $50. So you’re lying to make your points.

      Als kids wreck all kind of plug in ports, bet you never thought about that eh? You seriously worked IT and never had a single person who had a kid and fucked up a port? I seriously doubt that. What about usb ports? Those are also ports, and don’t claim none of those have failed or been broken.

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        13 hours ago

        Mother of fucking god read the thread. I never claimed streaming sticks were $20. Someone else did, and I ran with it since it was their prompt to set up this conversation. But fine they’re $50 and an update bricks them. Its $50 to replace them which is somehow the worse option than spending $200 to replace a tv that gets bricked by an update.

        Anyone who had their kid use their work laptop had it replaced witha work desktop computer that stayed at work, most people weren’t plugging in and unplugging their keyboards and mice every 15 minutes and hell when I ws a child I never fucking with cables to the point of breaking the ports. Fun fact TVs can be mounted above where small children can reach.

        I still don’t understand what is hard to understand here. These TVs get an update that bricks them, the TV no worky now, TV no worky because of update. TV no update if TV have no internet. Streaming stick let TV still have netflix, streaming stick cost less than TV, if streaming stick brick then streaming stick replaced, streaming stick cost less than tv, tv have many hdmi port.