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Would be great but the manufacturer would be at a disadvantage because that bundled bullshit effectively subsidizes the device. So you’d have to either raise prices or accept a lower profit margin.

Due to the high barrier of entry (e.g. because of patents) it’s unlikely that a privately owned company can make a big market entry, especially across countries. And a public company will be forced by the shareholders to maximize profit so either you bundle crapware or they fire you as CEO.

Of course if you look outside the TV maker, such devices already exist. High-quality digital signage devices can easily be had – for about three times the price of an equivalently-sized TV.

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Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

So you’d have to either raise prices or accept a lower profit margin.

Isn’t that the point and the main benefit of competitive markets?

Agreed, regarding barriers to entry though. They need to be addressed.

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scala@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Wonder if avoiding the HDMI forum and only having open source ports like DP would reduce cost.

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- Jesus_666@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It might but most devices only use HDMI. DP is pretty much only used by PCs.
  
  Maybe the GPMI consortium decides to make their standard open; that might help. But I don’t see DP catching up to HDMI; HDMI is too entrenched.
  
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  - Koarnine@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    They need to be forced by EU or other to allow open-source drivers and such because they currently are rejecting complete open-source developments due to nonsense about ‘revealing inner workings’ or some other bs.
    
    When they are standard to the degree they are, they need to be forced to play nice.
    
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BlackPenguins@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Why do they need incoming profit after the purchase? We’ve had single purchases for 70 years and they’ve done fine. Set the price above the price of materials. Boom profit. Transaction over.

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- Jesus_666@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I don’t know if they get a share or if they get a flat payment for every device that has crap preinstalled. Either way, not doing it would reduce profits and therefore go against the interest of the shareholders who would then have grounds to the CEO for failing to do their job.
  
  I’m very much unhappy with how that works but it’s a consequence of how publicly traded companies work. Companies that make it their legally binding goal to maximize shareholder gains attract more investors, have more money, and are thus more effective in increasing their market share. Over time they outcompete their rivals until the market is dominated by maximally profitable companies.
  
  At that point, shit-free products are only available if there is a clear indication that they will generate more profit than shitty products. And the handful of major players will happily collude to make sure only shitty products enter the market, increasing profits for everyone. Welcome to cartelville, population: the three companies that make up 95% of the world market.
  
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