Does this require always online drm? If not then fuck yeah i want a free tv. You could always download something like SmartTubeNext onto your tv to get around ads.
Well that’s a glimpse into a horrifying hellscape.
Good, if you don’t want it don’t buy it
I’m sure it’ll be clearly printed on the box in a way that a 20 year old, under-educated, single mother of 4, will fully understand what she’s agreeing to when she sees a cheap way to keep her kids entertained for a bit while she works her third job to ensure she can make her 1/8th of the rent on the 400 sq ft apartment for the month. Consumer culture is dreadful.
From their website:
Now, all smart TVs come with ads. But you still pay for the TV. All of that changes today. During the signup process we ask questions about you and your household to optimize your ad experience. Brands in turn, pay for the non-intrusive ad on the Smart Screen. That’s how you get Telly free. Plain and simple. It’s time you got cut in on the deal.
They do have a point though. Is there any smart TV maker that don’t put ads on their TV?
I wish you hadn’t made such a good point.
Never, ever, do we give smart tvs wifi access. It’s just a monitor for the Roku.
Roku etc are bad enough. But I hate ads so much, that if paid options for no ads disappeared, I wouldn’t watch any of it.
My LG TV doesn’t have ads
LG TVs seems to have ads too: https://lgads.tv/
What’s your specific TV model? I’ve been looking for 4K TV without ads and can’t find anything good.
Buy a commercial grade non-smart display and it won’t have any of that shit.
It’s just a big monitor w inputs and no apps. Never connect it to a network.
That said, I have been using Visio my last few personal displays, don’t use the built in apps, and run everything through my playstation. Haven’t had any issues.
“The telescreen in 1984 was a device that could be dimmed, but it could not be shut off Completely.” We keep getting closer and closer.
This will get funny once they try to ship it to Germany, because you’re legally allowed to do pretty much everything with your device - as long as it’s legally yours.
The fact that some people will ultimately go for this makes me sick. Not that the company doesn’t also make me sick, but come on. So many examples out there where voting with a wallet should shut stupid shit down, and boom! It sticks around.
I hate this idea, but I’d really like to get my hands on one of those second screens to play around with.
They can charge whatever they want I’m still not paying it.
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When I was younger… at least I got hi
Anyway, yeah teevee aint worse it, jfc
Jesus Christ. Reading that article is terrifying. Is this the future we’re doomed with? Do people just not care?
This sounds like hell. The future advertisers want. Shudders
Ribbit
We already had this with Movie Pass. Ads can only support so much. Facebook and Google work with scale. They can’t sell enough TVs for this to make a profit.
Look into this tv, the amount of data they are harvesting makes Facebook look privacy focused.
Agreed. This shit might have worked 5 years ago. Bad time, now.
Made me think of the TVs in Idiocracy.
In reality, Jackass may as well have been called “Ow my balls!”
or maybe even just “Ass”
$249 for an Insignia 55” 4k tv at best buy right now. Come on people, sell some plasma, don’t buy contribute to this kind of thing.
You guys get paid for donating plasma?
Wait, you guys donate your plasma?
Yeah you get some free snacks but you do it to save a few lives
You do it to save lives…I do it for the sweet, sweet 4k tv’s
We had a baby and just paid for parking at the hospital. So there’s that too.
Love your username
If you get paid is it really a donation?
Meh, your TV cost money while this TV is free, have an extra screen (for ads) and have built-in camera and microphone too! All I need to do is to connect it 24/7 to internet. Such a great deal! No one would give free TV to me, except probably my brother, so you could probably say the company is like a big brother to me.
