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This sort of crap makes me think a manufacturer should brand a dumb tv, and simply market: "it's just a high end tv without all the crap we know you hate and do
by paulie_a 9y ago
This sort of crap makes me think a manufacturer should brand a dumb tv, and simply market: "it's just a high end tv without all the crap we know you hate and dont use anyways, also the CIA can't hack it"
https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421326/smart-tv-hacking-cia-samsung-weeping-angel-vulnerability https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15421326/smart-tv-hacking...
- Waterluvian 9y agoI am quite angry that my PS4 is full of ads. I paid money for that box. What I want is a law that requires a product to clearly indicate if it has ads or not in the software, and it cannot change at any point in the product's life. So I know what the price tag actually is. Edit: I want to be clear. I am not against advertising or the freedom for a manufacturer to decide that advertising is their business model. What I want is to protect consumers who pay for a product that slowly devolves into an advertising box. I am also not expecting my rush-designed law to prevent ads or give consumers more options. All it would do is make it clear to consumers what they're paying for. Advertising is just another form of payment. Imagine if you bought a smart fridge and 3 years in it required a subscription to use the "smart" part of it. You would be furious.
- nol13 9y agoPretty much my only gripe with roku.
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- sz4kerto 9y agoThe money you paid for your PS4 barely covers manufacturing costs.
- falcolas 9y agoAnd that's our problem... how? Sony makes money off every video game sale; attempting to get more from ads is just greedy. And how they present the ads as another game a very dark pattern.
- coldtea 9y ago>And that's our problem... how? Isn't it obvious? That's the buyers problem because any time they "buy" something for less than it actually costs, they actually get an ad/app/service subsidized experience.
- falcolas 9y agoAs I pointed out above Sony has, does, and will continue to make up the hardware subsidy by the markup and money they get on games. That is, there is no need for Sony to subsidize the platform further through ads. This makes ads on the PS4 a product of greed alone.
- ntsplnkv2 9y agoThis doesn't mean anything in and of itself. Consoles enable other sales-peripherals, games, other software, etc.
- gambiting 9y agoAnd why should I care? If Sony is losing money on each ps4 then it's their problem. It's not like when Amazon clearly made two editions of the Kindle, one more expensive without ads and another cheaper one with them. If I bought the most expensive ps4 version available I should not have the console auto-downloading new games that I might want to try and advertising them on the main screen.
- oldcynic 9y agoHas it not been that way since the days of the PS1? The cost of games is like printers and ink. The hardware is the loss leader more than made up for by the "subscription" to those over-priced consumables. There was anger and upset, and many articles in dead-tree magazines at the change in the expected price of full games, and sheer greed of manufacturers, during the launch phase of those consoles. Ads were another bait and switch for yet more greed.
- paulie_a 9y agoThat is their problem. Ads are not an acceptable solution.
- coldtea 9y agoBy definition, if they are actually accepted by their customers, then yes, they are. And since customers continue to buy PS4s it appears that they are (accepted).
- darpa_escapee 9y agoWhich Sony makes up for with all the content, network fees and accessories a PS4 owner must buy so that their initial purchase has utility beyond being a $300 Netflix machine.
- gruez 9y agoLet's assume that rule is implemented. What are you going to do, not buy a PS4? Your alternatives would be xbox, which has different set of games and likely will also have ads, or Nintendo, which has even more different set of games.
- bitdeveloper 9y agoIf I knew how annoying that stuff was, I sure wouldn’t have bought my ps4. Absolutely.
- colanderman 9y agoGoogle does this too with Android. Maps now pops up ads for local businesses every time I open it. I paid money for a phone which did not have ads on it, and now they have added ads via a software update. It's infuriating.
- cle 9y agoYou bought a phone from an advertising company. What did you expect?
- Symbiote 9y agoGoogle Maps is primarily a business directory. The map feature is secondary.
- driverdan 9y agoMaps is not part of Android. It's a separate app that can be installed on Android. Google requires phone manufacturers to license their apps.
- dorkwood 9y agoWindows 10 has so far served me ads on the lock screen and in the start menu. If I try to search my computer for a file, it also sends that search query to Bing. This OS should be free.
- JasonFruit 9y agoAll those things can be easily turned off, but yes, that's not right.
- fencepost 9y agoI recommend looking into "O&O ShutUp10" and running it at least once - possibly after major updates to Windows as well.