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they'll make a lot less of 'an absolute killing' than the devices and apps that spy on you through your phone and generate a constant revenue stream after the i
by LegitShady 5y ago
they'll make a lot less of 'an absolute killing' than the devices and apps that spy on you through your phone and generate a constant revenue stream after the initial purpose.
That's why dumb devices are getting harder and harder to find. It's much easier to take advantage of users and steal their data with 'smart' devices.
- Waterluvian 5y agoIt’s a curve. What you’re saying is a true to a certain point. After that point the smart devices have created a sufficient market for dumb devices.
- LegitShady 5y agoit depends on how much those dumb devices cost. many people are price sensitive and unaware of the privacy concerns, and the less business you have the more expensive each unit is to make, etc. Dumb TVs are the same thing. Hard to find, and surprisingly expensive for the feature set when you do find them. I don't currently own a TV but if there was a decent dumb TV that was decently affordable and wasn't garbage I might buy one to watch movies on. Also on the front page https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29218381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29218381 Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than TVs themselves
- hunter2_ 5y agoCould run a shadow vlan/tablet/etc. where you do absolutely nothing personal and just use it as a UI for the subsidized IoT devices. Obviously this is serious effort right now for most people, so a mass-market shim that makes it easy for all could be a successful niche. People love the integration of a single thing in their pocket, but maybe some are getting privacy-conscious enough to have two. Think of it like a TV remote that floats around your coffee table.
- thebean11 5y agoNeeding to go get the tablet from the laundry room cause you want to make toast is also abysmal UX..