TVs are way too inexpensive for manufacturers to pay for modems, service fees, and bandwidth fees to collect this kind of data. They’d spend more paying for that cell connection over the lifetime of the TV than you paid for the product in the first place. Solar systems and cars that cost many tens of thousands of dollars are a completely different ballpark compared to a $500-1000 TV.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Solar systems have mobile modems in them to phone home
Cars have mobile modems in them to phone home
Maybe some TVs do too
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TVs are way too inexpensive for manufacturers to pay for modems, service fees, and bandwidth fees to collect this kind of data. They’d spend more paying for that cell connection over the lifetime of the TV than you paid for the product in the first place. Solar systems and cars that cost many tens of thousands of dollars are a completely different ballpark compared to a $500-1000 TV.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Compromised solar systems are in the realm of $500-$1000 for the inverter
TipRing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No carrier has cell service at my house but maybe they will add a sat phone.
Zron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nothing a jumper wire can’t fix