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Mandate transparent disclosure. Consumers don't care about these schemes because they largely don't know the details. There should be clear, tobacco-esque dis
by ethbro 7y ago
Mandate transparent disclosure.
Consumers don't care about these schemes because they largely don't know the details.
There should be clear, tobacco-esque disclosure requirements of this sort of thing on the product packaging.
If Samsung et al. want to data mine their customers in exchange for lower pricing, they're welcome to do so. What should not be legal is doing so and appearing the same as a company who does not do so.
Then the market can make up its own mind.
- inetknght 7y agoTransparent disclosure doesn't mean shit when the company can honestly say what it's doing and there's zero repercussions for it.
- ethbro 7y agoAre there? I couldn't point to one IoT / internet-enabled appliance that I would say is transparent about its adtech to non-technical users.
- jellicle 7y agoI think it would make a difference if some TVs came with large stickers mandated on the box, advertising, and included within, that said: "THIS TELEVISION MONITORS ALL OF YOUR VIEWING HABITS AND THE DATA IS SOLD FOR PROFIT. ANY TIME IT IS USED, THE PROGRAM BEING WATCHED IS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER. IF YOU DECLINE TO BE MONITORED, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN IT FOR 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF PURCHASE AT NO CHARGE TO YOU." and some did not.