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I bought the very first Kindle and it came with free Sprint cellular data service. Look at how much an ESP32 can do and what it costs. At scale, the cost of t
by daniellarusso 6y ago
I bought the very first Kindle and it came with free Sprint cellular data service.
Look at how much an ESP32 can do and what it costs.
At scale, the cost of the additional electronics is negligible, especially if it is being subsidized.
Nobody is making you pay for service. It will simply send back fingerprints of your screen image and usage data, and can probably load ads, as well.
- paranoidrobot 6y agoKindles with Whispersync over 2G was subsidised directly by you buying books. You'll note though that getting a Kindle with 3G nowdays means paying for the more expensive models - Paperwhite or Oasis. > Nobody is making you pay for service I think you missed what I said. I was talking from the perspective of a manufacturer. The cost of buying and integration the new hardware, and also an ongoing monthly sim cost for the benefit of getting analytics and ads from a tiny fraction of your userbase that does NOT already have their TV hooked up to wifi is significant, and I doubt it comes close to the added revenue you might get from that fraction of users. That also assumes that those who don't have their Smart TV hooked up to wifi are going to be in cellular range.
- numpad0 6y agoLTE-M1 chips are getting closer to that region. Besides, cars have had it for decades, under “telematics” terminology. Intention is Google Analytics for physical cars, but they OTA, connects to internal CAN bus, technologically not infeasible to cause unintended accelerated drive into walls if taken, and it’s completely on the house, free of any payment.