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It ain't just cars. I can't think of very many people who genuinely enjoy the "smart" aspect of "smart TVs", for example; nearly everyone I know who owns a TV

It ain't just cars. I can't think of very many people who genuinely enjoy the "smart" aspect of "smart TVs", for example; nearly everyone I know who owns a TV also owns some device that not only does everything the TV's "smarts" can do but does them consistently better and can be trivially replaced should that ever change.

cdot2 4y ago
In both cases it's a cost/finance reason. "Smart" TVs can profit from selling customer data and touch screen cars save some cost over tactile interfaces.
- bick_nyers 4y ago
  Everyone always says this, but how much do they actually make per unit sale. I buy $2k+ TVs, are they making $50 off of my data, or $5? Does it even pay for the department they hired to write the software that collects the data?
  - YetAnotherNick 4y ago
    Same for car. It's hard to imagine manufacturers would care to reduce cost by $5(20 tactile buttons likely costs lesser than that) on a $10k car, but what would I know.
midoridensha 4y ago
>I can't think of very many people who genuinely enjoy the "smart" aspect of "smart TVs", for example Count me in the camp that does. My TV runs GoogleOS (Android), and it's great, because I don't need some other device plugged in to do what I want to do with it. There's only 2 things I want from this thing: 1. Playing external media. It has a USB port, so I can plug in thumb drives and play video files from them. The built-in OS works fine for this, and seems to handle any media file or codec I throw at it. 2. Playing YouTube with a good player. Since it's Android, I can load APKs from wherever I want, and so I installed "SmartTubeNext", which blocks ads and sponsor segments automatically. It works almost too well. I think the mistake most other people make with smart TVs is that they get ones with crappy proprietary OSes, so with those you have no control over anything and can't run any 3rd-party software like SmartTubeNext. Of course, eventually this model could lose support from the mfgr, causing security issues or not being compatible with the apps I want, but for now it's quite nice.
te_chris 4y ago
My smart TV (LG C2) has never and will never touch the internet. Apple TV for all the functionality (and occasionally terreistrial)
anthonypasq 4y ago
im pretty sure nearly every single person in existence wants a tv that connects to the internet dude. people dont want to plug in an hdmi cord to access streaming services.
- WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
  > im pretty sure nearly every single person in existence wants a tv that connects to the internet dude I'm guessing you've missed every thread here about Smart TVs. ref: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=smart+tv https://hn.algolia.com/?q=smart+tv
  - fomine3 4y ago
    Hackers are outlier
  - anthonypasq 4y ago
    that must explain why 99.99% of tvs sold are dumb tv's because there is such a clamoring demand for them... oh wait.
    - WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
      Because manufacturers sell whatever profit seeking, cost-cutting measures best fatten shareholder dividends. You are exactly right.
      - anthonypasq 4y ago
        you understand people still have to buy things for companies to make them right?
        yellowapple 4y ago
        You understand companies have to make things for people to buy them right?

cdot2 4y ago

In both cases it's a cost/finance reason. "Smart" TVs can profit from selling customer data and touch screen cars save some cost over tactile interfaces.

bick_nyers 4y ago
Everyone always says this, but how much do they actually make per unit sale. I buy $2k+ TVs, are they making $50 off of my data, or $5? Does it even pay for the department they hired to write the software that collects the data?
- YetAnotherNick 4y ago
  Same for car. It's hard to imagine manufacturers would care to reduce cost by $5(20 tactile buttons likely costs lesser than that) on a $10k car, but what would I know.

midoridensha 4y ago

>I can't think of very many people who genuinely enjoy the "smart" aspect of "smart TVs", for example Count me in the camp that does. My TV runs GoogleOS (Android), and it's great, because I don't need some other device plugged in to do what I want to do with it. There's only 2 things I want from this thing: 1. Playing external media. It has a USB port, so I can plug in thumb drives and play video files from them. The built-in OS works fine for this, and seems to handle any media file or codec I throw at it. 2. Playing YouTube with a good player. Since it's Android, I can load APKs from wherever I want, and so I installed "SmartTubeNext", which blocks ads and sponsor segments automatically. It works almost too well. I think the mistake most other people make with smart TVs is that they get ones with crappy proprietary OSes, so with those you have no control over anything and can't run any 3rd-party software like SmartTubeNext. Of course, eventually this model could lose support from the mfgr, causing security issues or not being compatible with the apps I want, but for now it's quite nice.

te_chris 4y ago

My smart TV (LG C2) has never and will never touch the internet. Apple TV for all the functionality (and occasionally terreistrial)

anthonypasq 4y ago

im pretty sure nearly every single person in existence wants a tv that connects to the internet dude. people dont want to plug in an hdmi cord to access streaming services.

WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
> im pretty sure nearly every single person in existence wants a tv that connects to the internet dude I'm guessing you've missed every thread here about Smart TVs. ref: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=smart+tv https://hn.algolia.com/?q=smart+tv
- fomine3 4y ago
  Hackers are outlier
- anthonypasq 4y ago
  that must explain why 99.99% of tvs sold are dumb tv's because there is such a clamoring demand for them... oh wait.
  - WarOnPrivacy 4y ago
    Because manufacturers sell whatever profit seeking, cost-cutting measures best fatten shareholder dividends. You are exactly right.
    - anthonypasq 4y ago
      you understand people still have to buy things for companies to make them right?
      - yellowapple 4y ago
        You understand companies have to make things for people to buy them right?