alt Hacker NewsSmart TVs replaced dumb TVs not out of consumer demand, but out of subsidy from commercial databrokers and streaming services. Despite adding $100 of hardware they were priced $100 cheaper.
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modo_mario • today at 7:29 AM
Is there still any specific brand known for dumb tv's that features the quality and 'non smart' options of the smart variants?
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lodovic • today at 6:14 AM
I'm always wondering how hard it would be to just remove the hardware for spying. Just keep enough hardware to make it a dumb panel, remove the webos logic boards, wifi antenna, etc.
iso1631 • today at 7:36 AM
Consumers will happily sell their data for a $100 discount. Hell they'll waste 20 minutes watching adverts to save $1.
> Smart TVs replaced dumb TVs not out of consumer demand […]
The consumer demand was/is for cheaper, and data mining is how OEMs got there. The general public got what they want, and OEMs got to keep their margins: "win-win".
It's the same thing with (US?) airlines: people wanted cheaper, and that's what was offered and they chose.