The cost to make the TV smart is almost nothing (the software would cost a bit, but from every smart TV I've seen not as much as it should because it's always p

The cost to make the TV smart is almost nothing (the software would cost a bit, but from every smart TV I've seen not as much as it should because it's always pretty crappy and janky). The additional BOM cost would be a few dollars at the quantity they make these things in for an ARM SoC and some RAM. I really think he's massively exaggerating. His statements might be more rationalisation because people hate it, but they just want to squeeze more money out of people. But I can't believe that showing some ads and fingerprinting content would net them more than $100 over the life of an average TV. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would pay more than that for a no-ads, no network connection required version.