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Alot of these ad centric platform moves fund things like the popular free TV apps like Tubi and Freevee. Vizio had an eye on something not dissimilar, and Walm

Alot of these ad centric platform moves fund things like the popular free TV apps like Tubi and Freevee. Vizio had an eye on something not dissimilar, and Walmart until 2020 owned Vudu and while that didn't pan out in this space, I think they see this as another avenue in that space to try again, its relatively good business if you can manage it. I'm honestly shocked they didn't buy Roku yet. Not that I like it, but I see their business reasoning here. There's a whole new set of streaming services that are becoming similar to over the air TV delivery in the sense that they're 100% ad supported and Vizio wanted in on that, and I think Walmart does too. Its not only about showing "homescreen" ads, though that itself is a surprisingly burgeoning advertising business. All this is to say, I'm glad I have an Apple TV and I don't put up with any of this. None of my TVs have ever connected to the internet. The next one I buy might just be a monitor made to purpose

bayindirh 3y ago
I'm a person who generally prefers to pay money rather than attention and time, but if people really like to be bombed with ads and (mind) seeds planted to their brains, I can't argue. On the other hand, I don't watch "TV". I watch a couple of shows semi-regularly and use my TV as a glorified HDR monitor for movies I own or as a second screen, that's all.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  >but if people really like to be bombed with ads and (mind) seeds planted to their brains, I can't argue. I can argue. The whole point of society is that we can choose to say "no, you can't have/do the thing YOU want because it has externalities that affect everyone else" The advertising economy is corrosive and toxic to society
  - bayindirh 3y ago
    I understand where you're coming from, but neither society nor the people in these societies are black and white. Personally, I know a couple of people who prefer to have ads in YouTube because they like targeted advertisements, and claim that they're informed by them. On the other hand, I'm against advertisement economy as much as you. Lastly, please tell me, how many times society collectively said no to some entities, and how did it went? Backlash is allowed to the point where the tension is relieved and the old thing continues as is, maybe with a different paint job, that's all. Users of an application protesting a company is not the same thing society protesting something against a sector or government. It's very hard to pull the latter one off.

bayindirh 3y ago

I'm a person who generally prefers to pay money rather than attention and time, but if people really like to be bombed with ads and (mind) seeds planted to their brains, I can't argue. On the other hand, I don't watch "TV". I watch a couple of shows semi-regularly and use my TV as a glorified HDR monitor for movies I own or as a second screen, that's all.

mrguyorama 3y ago
>but if people really like to be bombed with ads and (mind) seeds planted to their brains, I can't argue. I can argue. The whole point of society is that we can choose to say "no, you can't have/do the thing YOU want because it has externalities that affect everyone else" The advertising economy is corrosive and toxic to society
- bayindirh 3y ago
  I understand where you're coming from, but neither society nor the people in these societies are black and white. Personally, I know a couple of people who prefer to have ads in YouTube because they like targeted advertisements, and claim that they're informed by them. On the other hand, I'm against advertisement economy as much as you. Lastly, please tell me, how many times society collectively said no to some entities, and how did it went? Backlash is allowed to the point where the tension is relieved and the old thing continues as is, maybe with a different paint job, that's all. Users of an application protesting a company is not the same thing society protesting something against a sector or government. It's very hard to pull the latter one off.