Jackbox Games is releasing its games for free on Smart TVs

While there’s no release date yet for the service, Jackbox Games is hoping to bring a beta version to “one or two smart TV platforms” in spring this year. More platforms and features will then follow.

  • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I setup rules on my router to block outgoing traffic from my LG OLED but I still have it on the network so I can use wake-on-LAN.

      • Toribor@corndog.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        This would vary based on what router you use, but this is the way I handled it on my Ubiquity EdgeRouter.

        • I added a DHCP reservation for my TV so it’s IP address on my local network doesn’t change.

        • I added a new firewall policy (with the highest priority) that accepts all traffic by default between my internal LAN network and the WAN interface of my router.

        • Then I added a rule to that policy to drop traffic from the IP address I assigned to my TV.

        Now the TV can no longer phone home to send obnoxious notifications or issue surprise firmware updates but I can still turn on the TV and adjust the volume over the local network. I use Home Assistant for this, but I think the LG remote android app would still work as well.