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Ultimately, few people understand that this is a problem or that they should want a dumb TV. The manufacturers make money from the smart features by selling th
by cameldrv 7y ago
Ultimately, few people understand that this is a problem or that they should want a dumb TV. The manufacturers make money from the smart features by selling the data and by getting a cut of subscription revenue, so smart TVs can be sold cheaper than dumb TVs.
The FBI issuing a warning about this is helpful. It may help create a market for dumb TVs that cost more than smart TVs.
- miej 7y agoso is the fbi just reporting on the cia now? I mean, Project Weeping Angel is pretty well-known by now, right? ref: https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_12353643.html https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_12353643.html
- markstos 7y agoI understand, but recall seeing literally zero "dumb" TV options at Best Buy at the size I was looking for.
- infinite8s 7y agoBecause who is going to buy a more expensive dumb TV? I just buy the smart TV and don't connect it to wifi.
- magduf 7y agoThat works if your TV allows that. I'm pretty sure I've read that some models simply won't work if they don't have internet access.
- magduf 7y ago>The manufacturers make money from the smart features by selling the data and by getting a cut of subscription revenue, so smart TVs can be sold cheaper than dumb TVs. Yeah, this is like how a laptop can be sold cheaper with Windows OS than with Linux: the Windows version is preloaded with a ton of crapware that the mfgr gets paid to preload, so even with the enormous (as a fraction of BOM) price of the Windows license, the laptop comes out cheaper.
- kgwxd 7y agoMake a deal to bundle Roku sticks with the TV to reduce the cost maybe?