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The vast majority of consumers would not be willing to pay the extra cost associated.
by jfrunyon 5y ago
The vast majority of consumers would not be willing to pay the extra cost associated.
- VLM 5y agoThat did not even slow down the "smart TV" phenomena. We do not live in efficient markets.
- wolrah 5y agoThe extra cost would be building the "dumb mode". Smart TVs took over in part because they were cheaper than regular TVs because they could be subsidized by ads, placement deals for apps, etc. Also most normal consumers don't care all that much about the negatives, to them it means they need to figure out one less device, one less remote, etc. to watch Netflix. You can still buy TVs without these things from the vendors' business divisions but you'll be paying more for less features which means it will never catch on with the retail market. Also, in the end, you can just use it without connecting it to the network. I bought a new LG CX soon after a zero-click exploit was discovered affecting them. I just left it offline and used my other devices as sources until that was patched.