10 percent of Telly’s shipments through FedEx arrived broken
No big surprise there. Shipments I get through FedEx are always beat to hell.
Telly has only delivered 35,000 of its free televisions with always-on ads
Submitted 1 day ago by Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to technology@lemmy.world
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Manjushri@piefed.social 1 day ago
unphazed@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Or the fuckers claim they couldn’t deliver, or it goes on the truck, off the truck, repeat 2x, lost, then found 1 month later, or they back up over your pavers off a driveway that’s 7 cars wide, or leave your shit at side of said driveway instead of walking it to the porch 20ft away (one of these happens with every one of my FedEx deliveries) UPS usually does great, except the one moron that left my daughter’s $3k medicine by the trashcans down my hill.
neclimdul@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
I cut the drivers (not the company) slack for some of this sort of stuff. I had a friends dad that delivered for UPS apparently the expectations are impossible. You don’t leave till deliveries are done but it’s not possible to do in a normal day. Marking things delivered that weren’t was apparently the only way to see his family sometimes.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
USPS > UPS > Amazon/DHL/etc > FedEx
If Amazon is doing better than you at serving the customer, you need to look deep inwards.
Spesknight@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
This mean that they are not interesting for ad providers -> the might go out of business soon -> free TV with no ads -> now I want one
baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de [bot] 11 hours ago
they’re probably gonna remotely disable them or reclaim them before they ever end up in your hands
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Strider@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I have so many ideas how to circumvent or exploit that on multiple levels.
FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 11 hours ago
“Honey I’m home!
sits down
Work was great today sweety, we made some great ads, and not just any old boring ad. Genuine addiction inciting, mouthwatering, shake-em-down kind of ads!
Yeah we do great things at the ad factory.”
leftascenter@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Does it have a proximity sensor on the power screen? If it is only a second screen, I can see an easy curtain hack.
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 1 day ago
db2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ready Player One if it were written as a hard sci fi
madjo@piefed.social 1 day ago
How to make people hate your brand 101.
BanMe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
IIRC yes it does want to be unobstructed, it won’t necessarily stop working but they collect data on it and could cancel your contract if you do it.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 day ago
I want one, it would be cool to hack and get a second free screen.
wiltrvls@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
TVs are so cheap. I don’t understand the business model.
IronBird@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
line must go up, when all other avenues of generating revenue have been cornered the only path left to make line go up is ever more intrusive ads and similar rent-seeking/inshittification.
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 18 hours ago
Cheap TVs make for a good business model - more ad revenue for the manufacturers of these pieces of junk. If TVs were more expensive they’d never recover their losses.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Orwellian.
bossito@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There’s a Black Mirror episode with TVs just like these
FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I can’t remember this one? I remember one where a woman with an implant is forced to “play” commercials.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
I wonder how much money consumers will spend on products that are advertised to them when they won’t even buy a TV…
Also I wonder what the quality is like on a “free” TV…
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
When I heard about it before, they were repurposing old 720p panels.
With how cheap 4K sets are these days, these free TVs are for people who can’t even afford that. I’d say they’re useful as a secondary use for the heat they generate, in that case.
That said, I’d be fine with always on ads if ads and sponsorships never interrupt my content. Like if I’m watching a YouTube video and it’s 4:3, I’m perfectly fine with YouTube filling the sides with ads, as long as they don’t make noise, and as long as I can watch the content uninterrupted. If the video is 16:9 and fills my TV (or monitor), I’m fine propping my iPhone up. They can even use Face ID to pause the content if I look away, as long as I don’t have to look right at the ad (I’ll be watching the content).
Advertising pays for stuff, and if it doesn’t get in the way of stuff, I don’t hate it. They should try working with people rather than straight up exploiting everyone. That just leads to people turning off the ads using a third-party method (e.g. Firefox with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock). Or I’ll just download the video with jdownloader2.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 hours ago
That said, I’d be fine with always on ads if ads and sponsorships never interrupt my content. Like if I’m watching a YouTube video and it’s 4:3, I’m perfectly fine with YouTube filling the sides with ads, as long as they don’t make noise, and as long as I can watch the content uninterrupted.
Similarly, but not quite same (because it is in the actual content rather than off to the side): I’m not bothered by ads on sports uniforms or on the field. When something exciting is actually going on, I don’t notice them at all. I notice when there is a stoppage of play, but I don’t consider this to be intrusive.
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
Like if I’m watching a YouTube video and it’s 4:3, I’m perfectly fine with YouTube filling the sides with ads
Look at the photo in the OP. The ads are on a completely separate (attached) display.
brooke592@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Personally, I don’t think I’d want a free TV that perpetually pelts me with ads
Uhh, surely there must be a way to disable this once the TVs are in our hands.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
IIRC they contractually get to charge you the price of the TV if the ads are blocked or disabled.
fyrilsol@kbin.melroy.org 3 hours ago
Ahhh, that's the catch. Now I don't want one.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Oops, looks like my
hammerwii remote flew into the ad screen and now it doesn’t work”ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 1 day ago
marius@feddit.org 1 day ago
How can I get one in Germany? I’d like to put it in my workshop. The ads wouldn’t bother me there
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 5 hours ago
TVs are cheap. Just get a used one from Kleinanzeigen.
Strider@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Or just modify and block parts (technically, physically…). I have many ideas regarding this!
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Running man
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Surprised it’s that high of a number.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s free though. As in you can “buy” it to try and hack it or just not use it to make the company lose money.
BanMe@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There’s a contract, modifying it or using it as not intended (or not using it at all) can make them request the unit back, if you don’t comply they could take you to court. I doubt that happens but the threat is there.