Everything you say makes total sense. I think you have a more optimistic view than I do, though, regarding one crucial aspect... Why buy commercial displa

Everything you say makes total sense. I think you have a more optimistic view than I do, though, regarding one crucial aspect... Why buy commercial displays which usually are pretty expensive, when you can buy consumer ones and be smart about how you use it? Right. But how long until consumer displays refuse to work (or, function in some diminished way) if there's no internet connection available? When significant numbers of people start defeating those data collection efforts, TV manufacturers will start to take countermeasures. These data collection activities aren't simply a thing that Vizio does to make a little extra cash on the side. Profit margins on mass-market consumer electronics like TVs are notoriously thin, and expected revenue from data collection is something that Vizio factors into their MSRPs.