Isn’t it to stop being polite and start relentlessly mocking anyone who voluntarily buys this shit?
I am going to miss the mute and power buttons when they take them away.
Submitted 5 weeks ago by Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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rtxn@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
elshandra@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
For free? Surely there’s some way to get that shit out… Or at least, the panel.
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m sure there’s some gotcha in the contract that says you don’t actually own the hardware and modifying it is a breach.
Ogeon@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Ah, taking inspiration from late 1940’s literature, I see.
Endmaker@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I wouldn’t have known about it if not for this post.
Now this post feels like an ad.
Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Sorry, I didn’t mean to advertise, I’ll edit my post.
Endmaker@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nah I think it’s ok since it provides context
But thanks for editing anyway
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Same but I signed up for it
Endmaker@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
ROFL
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You can mute, but the ad will pause until you unmute.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Which makes the button almost completely useless.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
That would mean the “intrusive ad screen” isn’t intrusive, if the ads shown in it also play sound.
Muscar@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
In their terms of reservation:
“Telly takes the privacy of its users very seriously. For the current Telly Product Privacy Policy please visit [INSERT LINK TO UPDATED TELLY PRODUCT PRIVACY POLICY].”
I laughed so much at that, it’s just perfect.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
“McDonald’s!” \o/
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Drink the confirmation can now.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I understood this reference
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 weeks ago
I signed up for one.
Fuck it. Free TV. I can probably disable the ad screen somehow. Certainly would be fun to see if it can be hacked.
vrek@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
There were several isps that did this years ago… A banner at bottom is of your screen showing ads, free internet. They all went bankrupt I think.
GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh man the memories! My parents used NetZero
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You can still get 10 free hours a month on their dialup. Over 10 hours and you have to pay for their super ultra extreme dialup.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Considering you can buy a decent TV for a few hundred dollars these days, I don’t see it going much differently for this company either.
JCreazy@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
I am more interested in the technology used inside the TV.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s “free” which means you’re paying for it a different way than money. If you don’t want the ads then don’t get the “free” TV.
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.
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
raynethackery@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Isn’t that the world of Max Headroom?
De_Narm@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“The smartest TV […]”
I’m already out. Give me your dumbest.
Chainweasel@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Exactly, what’s the use of a smart TV when I have a game console capable of streaming everything a “Smart TV” can AND playing games/browsing the Web?
9/10 times people use a fire stick or cable box to watch TV anyway, all I need is volume, input selection, and power.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You need that “smart” stuff to make smaller resolutions look good on a 4k TV.
Upscaling takes processing power, so adding in the smart functions doesn’t really need anything else.
Without the upscaling, it’s often a waste to buy a 4k TV because very few sources are in 4k. You’d be getting the same picture quality as 1080
Meron35@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The use of a smart TV is to make manufacturers money by selling your personal data to advertisers as part of their post purchase monetisation strategy. Literally admitted by Vizio’s CEO (who are really following other brands).
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