Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Buying the TV and then not connecting it still rewards the bad behavior.

  We have to boycott these fucks and lobby to get the behavior outlawed.

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  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, that’s great in theory. But the amount of manufacturers of non-smart TVs is tiny, and if you are interested in the best panels and display technology, refresh rates for gaming, etc (even removing affordability), it’s very very hard to just boycott if you want to have a modern TV at all.

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    • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The best panels for gaming are on computer monitors, not tvs.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and lobby to get the behavior outlawed.

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  • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Getting the ad-subsidized tech without the ads sounds like a win to me

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    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You are paying for features you don’t use (such as Internet access). That’s not a win.

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      • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They’re saying the company may be selling the device for less than the cost to produce it expecting the low price to draw in consumers while their predatory ads rake in much more money, so buying it and never connecting it means they took a loss. I’m skeptical that companies would do that these days. More likely they overcharge for the physical hardware AND have predatory ad software, you know to maximize shareholder value.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      [Citation needed]

      There is zero fucking evidence whatsoever that the alleged “savings” from the ad “subsidy” are getting passed to the consumer.

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      • moonshadow@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Automatic litterboxes, fancy toothbrushes, vidya consoles, air purifiers are all examples of physical items often sold at a loss in anticipation of a future revenue stream off the top of my head. Ad specific, lower end smartphones are cheap to free because the money comes from selling your data (by way of tracking apps the manufacturer is paid to include). That their motives aren’t altruistic kinda goes without saying. I would be very surprised if televisions were excluded from this process, and need a new explanation for walmart’s sub-$50 ad-choked tv selection

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  • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re implying there is an option other than not owning a TV. Please send us specifics so we can join you.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You used to be able to still buy ‘dumb’ TVs from Sceptre up until a year or so ago, but even they’ve stopped selling them now. (I’m kicking myself for not buying one when I had the chance…)

      But the important part of my comment was this:

      and lobby to get the behavior outlawed.

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      • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s happening, but do you really believe a bunch of nonprofit low income “woke” “DEI” loving hippies are going to lobby more effectively than billion dollar corporations - er, sorry, PEOPLE - will lobby? These people literally bankroll candidates for office to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and have hundreds of lawyers to pick apart any resistance.

        Sure, lobby. Just understand we are just continuing the fight on principle, not because it will have any impact.

        We can’t give up, but we aren’t going to win, short of a literal uprising and even then it’s probably just going to remove the lipstick from this political pig, and the pretense of “for the people” will fall away.

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