I recently found myself in the market for one of these when my father in law decided to connect my Vizio TV to the internet. All the updates since 2019 installed and it became unusable with all the crap they installed/changed. No way to downgrade firmware.

I bought a 55” Samsung display and it works great as a dumb tv. I can connect via HDMI and my antenna just like a regular tv. The interface is a little clunky at times but that’s because it’s set up for a display board. I can even plug my flash drive into it for videos/pictures. It will never connect to the internet although it has that capability (and apparently an app for if it’s used as a display).

Usually parents have to sign a technology contract before a device is issued. As a teacher I also have to sign one before I’m issued a school device. I hate using a Chromebook but in my situation I am prohibited from bringing my own device other than a cell phone and I travel from room to room and it’s the only reliable way I can update grades and assign things on Google Classroom.

I don’t have anything personal on it (including my password manager add on) and since the contract prohibits me from installing or using any unapproved software on the device I’m stuck with Chrome and incognito mode blocked.

In a previous district, the admin had GoGuardian installed for us to use with the students. What they didn’t tell us was they installed it on all teacher laptops and desktops so they could make sure we were not doing anything unapproved during work hours.

Schools are a privacy nightmare for both students and staff.

I used the domain for my job as a teacher, mostly for redirecting complicated links into simple ones my students could remember. It was easier for my elementary students at the time to memorize my redirect than trying to navigate to the links section on our online classroom.

I never did anything that would be against any TOS, but when I went to login about a month before renewal I was locked out. Support never responded, and I gave up after reading that many people had the problem and were unsuccessful in regaining access to their domain. I didn’t try to take it back because shortly after it expired I changed grade levels and the domain would no longer make sense in my new position.

I used them for a domain and everything was great until it wasn’t. Without warning I couldn’t access my account. Correct login info and was kicked back as incorrect. Support wasn’t responsive, and I recall reading similar stories at the time. I ended up not able to renew my domain and I lost it.

I sympathize with you, as this is where I’m at as well. I’ve lost that battle. Everything is Google, Snapchat, and Facebook.

One of my dad’s favorite songs. Great tune, and so many memories of this growing up.

Definitely remember listening to this on the bus in middle school. Some days the bus would be late and I’d get to listen to more of the album before school. Great album!

This browser is helpful on iOS because it can run Firefox or chrome extensions. Ublock origin works great. I don’t see any ads.

Most companies use a service to send their newsletters. You should be able to find the IP address from the email headers and then find the abuse email for that company. Email them, tell them you are unable to unsubscribe and their customer is thus sending you spam. Attach the email headers and 90% of the time they will take action (at least from my informal observation when I used to do this).

Thank you for this list! I found several add-ons I never knew I was missing

This is where I’m at. If I push it any more, she will turn off wifi on her phone and complain.

I’ve tried getting her to move to my hosted email instead of gmail, but she refused. She’s been wanting an Alexa speaker and even has the kids on board. That’s where most of my energy goes for picking my battles at this stage.

Gotta protect workers from those woke businesses that provide water breaks!

/s

I use DuckDuckGo at home, but at work it’s blocked. I’ve argued for it to be unblocked but to no avail. I use Startpage at work because it appears to have the same results as Google but also lets you view images anonymously when possible.