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Just like you can't buy a dumb TV with a high-end panel now; eventually, you won't be able to buy a smart TV without a built in camera.
by discardedrefuse 3y ago
Just like you can't buy a dumb TV with a high-end panel now; eventually, you won't be able to buy a smart TV without a built in camera.
- ls612 3y agoYou can always buy black masking tape to put over a fixed camera.
- wkat4242 3y agoSomething $0.01 piece of tape will easily fix :) Microphones are a lot harder to block though.
- the_af 3y agoWhat if in the future, when you block the camera of your smart TV, whatever you're watching stops playing?
- whythre 3y agoGiven that’s basically what YouTube is experimenting with, it seems highly likely.
- Tommstein 3y agoIt goes flying out the window or back to the store, depending on mood.
- wkat4242 3y agoHmm good point. But I no longer watch live TV anyway. I'm done with that, I don't even have a connection to it anymore. And if streaming services start doing that I'll just download everything.
- jacooper 3y agoThe problem really is the microphones, basically impossible to spot and block.
- wkat4242 3y agoYes. What I've done with my ring cameras was open them up and remove the microphones altogether (or in one case cut the cable to them). They were able to hear my speak literally in the next room even covered in tape :P I don't mind video of my front door ending up in Amazon's cloud but I don't want my audio going there 24/7.
- anothernewdude 3y agoThey're called computer monitors.
- discardedrefuse 3y agoAh yes...I'm sure 52" LED 120Hz monitors are super affordable.
- r3trohack3r 3y agoThe difference is that having a computer attached to the TV provides significant value to the customer. When people came into BestBuy they’d ask “Does this TV have Netflix?” I don’t see a built in camera driving that kind of consumer behavior. What feature would they come in and ask for that requires a camera? The spying with a SmartTV is also hidden and and hard to imagine. A camera on the TV in their bedroom though? They’ll both notice that and understand that it sees them naked. With Smart TVs if there are two TVs on a shelf, one with “Netflix installed” and one without, I can see people preferring the TV with Netflix. With cameras if there are two TVs on a shelf, one with a camera and one without, I see people leaving the camera on the shelf almost every time.
- discardedrefuse 3y agoYou bring up an excellent point. There is no value add for the consumer. Problem is, that having a built in camera will be too great of a value add for the manufacturers selling your eyeballs.