Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square341linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down110
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minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoYou are asuming the cost of a network card and a microchip is higher than the profit they expect from the ads. Many smart TVs are cheaper than an equivalent dumb TV
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days ago Many smart TVs are cheaper than an equivalent dumb TV How TF do you know? There aren’t any ‘equivalent dumb TVs’ left to compare to!
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agothat is likely how to lure people into predatory behaviour, with CHEAP upfront.
You are asuming the cost of a network card and a microchip is higher than the profit they expect from the ads. Many smart TVs are cheaper than an equivalent dumb TV
How TF do you know? There aren’t any ‘equivalent dumb TVs’ left to compare to!
that is likely how to lure people into predatory behaviour, with CHEAP upfront.