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0 pointsjmiserez5y ago0 comments

Yes, and my 2019 model recently started showing this:

>Support for the Ambient mode Headlines Service is scheduled to end on September 30, 2020. We thank you for using the service and we look forward to providing an improved alternative in the near future

I'm not going to buy a new TV every year. "Smart" features that are discontinued after ~1 year are worse than worthless, it's just clutter in the menus at this point.

Also crazy are hardcoded "Netflix", "Rakuten" and "Amazon" buttons on the Samsung remote, you just know that they will stop working at some point.

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phh5y ago

Those extra buttons are requirement by those companies, to integrate those services in the TV.

Now you could argue as to whether you want Netflix preinstalled on your TV, but while most smart features of smart TVs are useless, having Netflix is useful for many users.

jmiserezOP5y ago

I'm not sure that's the case, rather I think that companies pay to have their apps featured on the remote, not the other way round.

HelloNurse5y ago

I have large and central Netflix and Youtube buttons on a Sony remote.

robotnikman5y ago

One of my old TVs' remote has the Sony Vue button on it. That didn't age well

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