Miss When Smart TVs Used To Be Dumber - BGR

A longtime home theater installer says he’s seen smart TV updates “brick” sets, leaving customers frustrated and with limited options short of replacing key hardware. He describes one case history including his own LG C5 OLED: while he kept his TVs offline for years—using Roku streaming devices instead—he eventually decided to install LG updates because the LG C5 is covered by an extended warranty. LG’s smart platform, webOS, is Linux-based, but he says a recent update made the interface feel far less simple and intuitive than before, and more invasive. The account focuses on the user experience shift after connecting the TV to the internet.