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Tape also solves this.

• hammyhavoc 3y ago
  Their T&Cs also solve evading surveillance by charging you two grand for tampering, so no, tape doesn't solve anything in a meaningful capacity for the consumer when they could buy an equivocal TV for much less than that.
  • ewzimm 3y ago
    That's interesting. Thanks for pointing that out! I see that anyone can opt out of the arbitration clause, and I wonder how it would play out in court if someone put a shelf or some tape in front of the camera and was charged for it. I wouldn't suggest anyone try it, but it would be interesting to know how effectively this could be enforced. The dystopian aspect of the telescreen isn't the fact that there's a camera on the TV but the enforcement mechanism behind it.