we got my dad a 65" one last Christmas, it seems normal. Didn't make us connect to the internet, we just use a roku on the back to watch any streaming. It does occasionally try to get you to give it an internet connection, but this only happens when you're looking through the various background settings.

We've just kept it dumb and it's been fine.

Oooh, look at the big wallet on Brad...

Really? DSL? sigh.

It's also a really short jump for the average user to ask AI a simple question: "What is the best way to cook linguine", for example, and receive a good answer. They then extrapolate that it can handle much more involved tasks because to them knowing how to cook linguine correctly is far more difficult than manually doing some task online.
They easily discount their own agency and skill.

Oh god, the old "You're not really left, THIS is really left" adage we always see. But you did manage to work Donald Trump into the death of a random celebrity, so bonus points for that.

He's going for slavery once more?

Frankly, if subsidized devices cannot stand without the subsidies, then it's just market distortion. You may as well sell plastic lemons with a large $1000 federal subsidy and declare they're the wave of the future because everyone is buying them.

If Chinese buyers really are looking for cars based on software features as opposed to cabin space and fuel economy, then they're much more stupid then I gave them credit for.

However, he will shortly be informed that his retirement will require a monthly subscription, and failure to pay will mean coming back into the office.

Nah, I'd expect them to post AC on an old tech site.

You understand using terms like "Trumpistani" makes you sound like an old man screaming at kids on his lawn, right?

"I will ignore moving forward with technical innovation because ( checks list of hatreds) there's a cheeto in the white house."
That's about as smart as a bag of hammers.

The magical power to make people constantly fixate on Trump, obviously.

I currently have an enormous Sony CRT in my living room that no longer works, I believe it just needs a board replaced. I've been meaning to toss it out, i think it's 40" and damn if it doesn't weigh 200 pounds.

For now.