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> I think the majority of the population is OK with ads everywhere You talk as if there was a $1800 ad-free TV on sale next to the ad-infested one. The majorit
by MikeUt 6y ago
> I think the majority of the population is OK with ads everywhere
You talk as if there was a $1800 ad-free TV on sale next to the ad-infested one. The majority isn't given a choice.
- SavantIdiot 6y agoWhat? Just don't connect it to the internet. Unless this TV doesn't allow that? Agree with your point, there is little choice. I recall reading that there was a place to purchase bezel-less, stripped down TVs w/o the smarts, that are basically monitors without being the quality of monitors so they are cheap, and used for creating giant wall displays.
- Daho0n 6y agoAll modern hdmi cables support ethernet so unless the device in the other end of the cable is an older one the TV could still get internet. The fix is better laws. The exact same TV in Nordic version have an option to turn ads on (it defaults to off).
- SavantIdiot 6y agoI had no idea ethernet over HDMI existed. That is awful. Thanks for letting me know. :(
- stainforth 6y agoI thought supply had to cater to demand, but if they're all emergently colluding...
- Aerroon 6y agoThere's always a bit of the opposite effect too. If supply of something is extremely low, then people eventually stop looking for it. People might want the object, but they might not express that desire if the supply is next to non-existent.
- AshWolfy 6y agosupply shapes demand as much as demand shapes supply
- pnt12 6y agoThere was an economist who was walking down the street with a friend. The friend stops and says, "Look, there is a $20 bill on the ground!" The economist turns and coolly replies, "Can't be. If there was a $20 bill on the ground, somebody would have already picked it up."