Comment on I am going to miss the mute and power buttons when they take them away.

Kbobabob@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• r00ty@kbin.life ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah. I'm completely behind the complaints people have with a lot of modern world problems in this regard.

  • Ads on TVs you paid for
  • Ads on streaming services you paid for
  • Actually, ads on cable/satellite TV with a subscription in general. What a ridiculous concept of paying twice!
  • Subscriptions for hardware features already installed (although I am fine with a one-off payment to activate them. I can see the argument for a single SKU with all features installed and deactivated for making the production line simpler)

  But in this case, they're very clear. They are making hardware available at no monetary cost. Therefore, you MUST know they're monetizing you somehow, and this is the somehow.

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  • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Actually looking through the site. I don't really see how they're going to make enough money on this.

    I cannot see anywhere on their site that suggests the camera will be watching you (and there's probably laws against that, even in the USA!) and the FAQ specifically says the camera has a cover and only an app using the camera will make that open, and you have to accept the permission.

    Also, it seems they play the ads on a separate screen. Which suggests there won't be sound either. So they don't even expect you to be paying attention to the ads, because it seems they won't block content for them.

    I expect there might be an initial interest in advertisers. But if they don't see a decent conversion rate, I cannot imagine they will keep paying enough to cover the TV for ads.

    Also, what happens when one of these breaks, they replace it for free? I'd imagine they would need to because otherwise the hardware they paid for is no longer generating revenue.

    This sounds like a late April fool. :P

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