[johnnyo]

That was my question as well. What is the user benefit of the monitor having a network connection?

[jsheard]

A few manufacturers are now shipping monitors with the same OS as their smart TVs, so they can stream Netflix and stuff standalone. OP has an LG one, and I know Samsung are also doing it on some of their newer models. Thankfully there's still plenty of dumb monitors on the market for now, including most LGs and Samsungs.

[account42]

For now, yes. There also used to be plenty of dumb TVs on the market, but not anymore. If there isn't major consumer resistances to this (and let's be honest, most people already accept smart phones and smart TVs and smart cars and smart appliances all with the same shit) then in less than a decate you won't have many options for dumb monitors.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

Given how garbage the software quality is on hardware devices, why would I ever want them to be connected to the internet? Ad/privacy or security concerns aside, even companies who should know better have shown they cannot be trusted and will continue to load up irrelevant patches onto a device until it eventually crawls under the increased computational demands. Slowing a previously responsive system.

[__MatrixMan__]

Once you've identified the viewer you can see if they have a license for that they're viewing and report the thoughtcrime if not.

[jerf]

Why does my monitor need to do that? My OS, the Intel Management Engine, my application, the website I'm using, my internet provider, my modem's hardware stack, and the several networked microphones in my home are already doing it.

[IshKebab]

I don't think that really caught on that much. Film studios care about it, but TV manufacturers don't really.

This is for advertising plain and simple (and probably selling user data to some extent). That's direct income for the manufacturers so they care about it a lot.

[m463]

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[secondcoming]

I use my monitor's network connection so devices connected to it via thunderbolt also have ethernet.

[wholinator2]

But, why doesn't the ethernet just connect to the device directly? Have they really taken so many ports away from us that the only way to connect to ethernet is to daisy chain through a fucking smart monitor?

[crazygringo]

I've never heard of this. What specific devices, if you don't mind me asking?

I had no idea a Thunderbolt hub could serve as a parallel Ethernet hub, nor that there were devices that could or would want to take advantage of this.