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0 pointsBitwiseFool4y ago0 comments

>"The solution is to vote with your wallet."

I don't think it is. I sense this might play out the same way it did with all the intrusive spyware on SmartTV's. Sure, I could try to vote with my wallet and find a TV that doesn't have all that bloat, but they are becoming vanishingly rare. The market has 'decided' that this is a standard feature now.

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grangerg4y ago

Get a RokuTV. There's ONE ad on part of the home screen, and it's not animated. The OS doesn't feel bloated or slow at all. It ain't perfect, of course, but I'd never get a Vizio, Samsung, or LG anymore.

oofoe4y ago

“I am altering the deal. Pray I don’t alter it further”

A single ad now on a network connected device is no guarantee that it will remain that way. Especially as it becomes "optimized" for revenue from all possible sources.

It is unfortunate that the rest of this stuff is so infested that a single ad (for now) seems reasonable.

ok_dad4y ago

Yes and Roku used to have zero ads, so...

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