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The fact that the cost isn't subsidized by the tracking and advertising provided by the smart tv (I have no evidence for this but I've seen this comment posted
by chipperyman573 7y ago
The fact that the cost isn't subsidized by the tracking and advertising provided by the smart tv
(I have no evidence for this but I've seen this comment posted many times before)
- dawnerd 7y agoBingo! Those Roku / FireTV / Netflix / Amazon/ Etc logos on the boxes don't pay for themselves. Although what's insulting is when the super premium tvs that STILL include all the same tracking junk. A 3k dollar+ tv shouldn't need any subsidizing at all, yet here we are.
- msbarnett 7y agoHere's the evidence for it, by the way. Straight from an interview with the CTO of Vizio: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit-vizio-tv-bill-baxter-interview-vergecast-ces-2019 https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/7/18172397/airplay-2-homekit... It goes into how running content recognizition software against whatever's on the TV display lets them collect and aggregate data to sell, which helps them sell the TV for very low prices without having to worry about being profitable on the initial sale thanks to data and other monetization streams. Sony, Samsung, and the other major TV players all run very similar Automatic Content Recognition systems.