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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TVs became SmartTVs and now need the internet to turn on. The TVs need an OS now to internet to do TV.

Antennae broadcast TV seems like an ancient magic.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We've deprecated a lot of the old TV/radio signal bandwidth in order to convert it to cellphone signal service.

But, on the flip side, digital antennae can hold a lot more information than the old analog signals. So now I've got a TV with a mini-antennae that gets 500 channels (virtually none of which I watch). My toddler son has figured out how to flip the channel to the continuous broadcast of Baby Einstein videos. And he periodically hijacks the TV for that purpose, when we leave the remote where he can reach.

So there's at least one person I can name who likes the current state of affairs.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I always have to remind myself being able to stream audio from a cellphone while driving across a city is also a pretty crazy development.