{"id":25554,"date":"2026-10-20T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/it-was-so-satisfying-when-i-threw-a-rock-through-the-screen-the-people-sick-of-being-spied-on-by-their-smart-tv\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:37:21","slug":"it-was-so-satisfying-when-i-threw-a-rock-through-the-screen-the-people-sick-of-being-spied-on-by-their-smart-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/it-was-so-satisfying-when-i-threw-a-rock-through-the-screen-the-people-sick-of-being-spied-on-by-their-smart-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen\u2019: the people sick of being spied on by their smart TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy<\/p>\n

When Dan had had enough of his television, he threw a rock straight through the screen. The offence? His smart TV was downloading its third update in three days. \u201cIt drove me crazy with what seemed like daily software updates that never fixed anything and \u2018features\u2019 that never seemed to work,\u201d says the 71-year-old from Illinois. \u201cAnd of course, constantly trying to push me to subscribe to paid-for services when all I wanted to do was watch over-the-air TV, play a DVD or stream something from my computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some may accuse Dan of being a luddite, but his master\u2019s degree in computer science and decades of experience in telecommunications would suggest otherwise. \u201cThe tech is not intimidating,\u201d he explains, \u201cjust increasingly enshittified<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nIs your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy
\nWhen Dan had had enough of his television, he threw a rock straight through the screen. The offence? His smart TV was downloading its third update in three days. \u201cIt drove me crazy with what seemed like daily software updates that never fixed anything and \u2018features\u2019 that never seemed to work,\u201d says the 71-year-old from Illinois. \u201cAnd of course, constantly trying to push me to subscribe to paid-for services when all I wanted to do was watch over-the-air TV, play a DVD or stream something from my computer.\u201d
\nSome may accuse Dan of being a luddite, but his master\u2019s degree in computer science and decades of experience in telecommunications would suggest otherwise. \u201cThe tech is not intimidating,\u201d he explains, \u201cjust increasingly enshittified.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy When Dan had had enough of his television, he threw a rock straight through the screen. The offence? His smart TV was downloading its third update in three days. \u201cIt drove …<\/p>\n

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