To refuse a smart TV despite my kids' pleas.

[BeSunnyRaven]

We just moved house and got a new TV. I settled for a Cello one with a built in DVD player and no smart bullshite.

I don't want all this telemetry or the attention span ruining elements of being able to watch whenever you want when you want. Nor do I want to connect it to my internet and I'm certainly not paying to watch something, especially not to an american company

DD13 and DS11 desperately want one. I've said that if they want to watch something on netflix or the like, they can use the pirate bay to download it, burn it onto a dvd and load that into the TV.

Apparently that's 'not cool' and 'annoying' or whatever.

AIBU?

Yabvu, just buy a normal TV

Yabu

I think I bought a pretty normal one.

You are being unreasonable to teach your kids to steal copyrighted content.

If buying it off of amazon or whatever doesn't mean you own it and they can take it away at any time, then it's not stealing.

And don't act like you haven't pirated before

You aren't being serious. Burn something from netflix onto a dvd to watch?? I feel sorry for your kids if this is real.

You’re coming across a bit tin foil hat brigade op.

How big is the screen in inches?

Everyone watches streaming services, its not a big deal tbh - they'll just be missing out on what their mates are watching

... They have access toa computer of some sort.

So have the internet, pirate bay... TikTok, YouTube, all streaming services..
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But noooo, to you a smart TV is too much?

Haha rage bait

YABU. Do you shun all modern technology? Smart phones. Internet. Music Streaming. Seems very strange and limiting.

I never buy films off amazon for that reason. We do have a subscription though which means we can watch content when we like.

Also if you have a smart TV you don't have to have any subscriptions if you don't want. Shock horror there are still some free stuff available, you have to watch adds though.

32 inch screen. Bigger than the old TV which was somehow never complained about.

Weird

A DVD player? It'll rot their brains.

You should have got a CRT telly in a wooden cabinet. One you have to get up to change the channel by turning a dial. I'm sure someone somewhere is still broadcasting on the analogue frequencies.

I use a flip phone and an mp3 player. Can't get me here

Honestly girl, just buy a bigger TV and make sure it has the apps on it

Unless, do they have their own ipads? I imagine not but think I should check?

But you clearly use the internet... So do your kids.... All the stuff you're opposed to they have access to already...

It's so weird.

The contractual arrangements of a service you're not using are irrelevant. You're teaching your kids to steal copyrighted content. It's no different to sneaking in to the cinema or onto a train without buying a ticket.

I genuinely do not care any less. The billionaires won't cry over me not giving them £7 a month.

Not buying such a tv. Though I might get a bigger one. And they're programs not apps.

Not ipads, but PCs. The PCs don't have streaming services as I don't pay for them and we use a youtube frontend called invidious. We do use ITV and iPlayer though, wish there was a telly with iplayer and itv and my5 or whatever but no American programs.

Heading over to site stuff to request a "Things that didn't happen" board.

I… have you arrived from 1998?

Oh girl you are being so unreasonable sorry

Why make your kids be weirdos to their mates etc for the sake of a fiver a month