In the case of smart tv’s it’s obvious why it works. It’s way cheaper to buy a smart tv vs a dumb tv now, and It’s all companies make for consumer side, which only leaves business grade TV’s/advertisement boards which cost more. Even if this isn’t the case though, with how streaming oriented most people are, the general public won’t buy a dumb tv because they would still need to buy some sort of device to allow them to access their stuff. It’s just convenient to have it in the same device rather than buy a tv then spend another $25+ on a device that can allow access to streaming, when one device can do it all.
I upgraded to a “decent” Smart TV for my den (my previous one was an early stage Phillips smart TV that the store was basically deprecated on), and it converted 3 devices I had for my dumb tv, into that one device. It’s just convenient.
I personally think that people should be focusing more on not buying slop-ware, and working on implementing legislation of what companies are allowed to do to consumer purchased products before trying to revert back to dumb tv’s and spending 3x as much.
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Even worse than not-really-understanding-any-of-it is the wilful ignorance shown by some. “I have nothing to hide” is the epitome of obedient worker-ant stupidity.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
“ok. tell me your account and routing numbers then”
lightnegative@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
What are you going to do, send them money? That information isn’t private, people have to give it up all the time to receive money…
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
ok. tell me your account and routing numbers
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
Ha! Try that with a german boomer. It’s one of the most well guarded secrets to them.