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I agree, now all we need is a television company who’s business model isn’t tied to surveilling its customers through its "smart features." Quite honestly, by
by unreal6 6y ago
I agree, now all we need is a television company who’s business model isn’t tied to surveilling its customers through its "smart features."
Quite honestly, by just airgapping your "smart" TV, you're effectively receiving a subsidy (as annoying as that may be)
- supertrope 6y agoIt’s probably in the range of $1 to $10. For example Verizon asked for $1 or $2 per phone to preload an app. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/verizon-has-a-plan-to-make-the-android-bloatware-problem-worse/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/verizon-has-a-plan-t... Twitter makes about $4 per set of eyeballs per year.
- unreal6 6y agoThis article summarizes an interview The Verge’s Nilay Patel had with Vizios Bill Baxter [1]. Their televisions are being sold at or close to at cost, and their business model is tied to tracking and selling offerings on their smart TV platform. Roku has a similar model. I believe that in this case, the total monetization value of using the smart tv services has to be higher than that. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-tv-data-collection-advertising-2019-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/smart-tv-data-collection-adv...