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You could say this about almost all modern cars. This is the same issue that is leaking into phones, TVs, PCs, and other devices: If you don't purchase the cl
by IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
You could say this about almost all modern cars.
This is the same issue that is leaking into phones, TVs, PCs, and other devices:
If you don't purchase the cloud-sub, that piece of hardware is just expensive paperweight.
We keep reading that people are willing to pay for a "Dumb TV", etc. Yet they are not startups or manufacturers stepping up. All words, no action ?
- jacobr1 3y ago> We keep reading that people are willing to pay for a "Dumb TV" They aren't though. People might be willing to chose a dumb tv, all else being equal. But not pay _more_ for a dumb TV. With subsidies from the smart tv services, it isn't cheaper.
- m463 3y agoin fact vizio makes more from selling data than selling the tv itself.
- __d 3y ago> Yet they are not startups or manufacturers stepping up. All words, no action ? I suspect the problem is more that the possible market share for such products is tiny.
- iancmceachern 3y agoYes, and the big manufacturers still make these, you just have to buy a monitor not a TV. I just bought a 40" LG one
- iancmceachern 3y agoIt's because the big manufacturers still sell them, they're called monitors. I have 40" 4k one from Lg