<story><title>British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/01/british-right-to-repair-law/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ShaneMcGowan</author><text>Trying to find a good non smart tv is impossible now, I want dumb tv and dumb fridge</text></item><item><author>ivoras</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s all fun and games until your fridge gets reclasiffied as a computer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>LeoPanthera</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s expensive, but certainly not impossible. What you are looking for is a &amp;quot;commercial monitor&amp;quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bhphotovideo.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;buy&amp;#x2F;Flat-Panel-Displays&amp;#x2F;ci&amp;#x2F;16073&amp;#x2F;N&amp;#x2F;4205668456&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bhphotovideo.com&amp;#x2F;c&amp;#x2F;buy&amp;#x2F;Flat-Panel-Displays&amp;#x2F;ci&amp;#x2F;16...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/01/british-right-to-repair-law/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ShaneMcGowan</author><text>Trying to find a good non smart tv is impossible now, I want dumb tv and dumb fridge</text></item><item><author>ivoras</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s all fun and games until your fridge gets reclasiffied as a computer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nerdawson</author><text>TV manufacturers are responding, often clumsily and based on their self-interest (data collection), to what consumers want.&lt;p&gt;Trying to find a dumb TV is like trying to find a car without a built in radio. You&amp;#x27;re welcome to leave it switched off.&lt;p&gt;Smart TVs are dumb if they aren&amp;#x27;t connected to the internet.  Some may be slow. Some may have a poor interface. I&amp;#x27;d worry about solving for that rather than expecting manufacturers to cater to a very niche group.</text></comment>