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muskratboy t1_j2sq0ns wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LG G3 OLED evo 4K TV: 70% brighter, no visible wall gap by maki23

Smart TVs collect data on everything you watch to be sold on to advertisers. This includes everything you steam, watch local off disks, everything… they actually collect data at the screen level.

TVs are the prices they are because they are subsidized by this entire other business they run, selling your data.

Of course the data randomized and not tied specifically to you, and if you don’t have the TV on the internet it can’t do this at all.

But smart TVs are 100% designed to collect and sell data to advertisers. The bright side is, it means they can be pretty dang cheap… because again, they are actively making money for the TV company, so they want everyone to have one.

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lobsterbash t1_j2squ74 wrote

Feels like it's just a matter of time before these fucking modern parasitic TVs require internet connection to even work. As a television.

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