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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by c13u on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:25PM (#21011991)
I don't understand your criticism. If the TV were given close to free and then subsidized by ads, sure. But I'm paying >$500 for the TV, why should I get ads too?
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by U8dcN7vx on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:21PM (#21012289)
Because they can. Alternatively, perhaps it would be more like >$2000 to avoid the advertising.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:50PM (#21013113)
Or it would be $500 and no advertising. Them doing ads doesn't mean they can't survive without them, it just means they like the extra money.
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by diminoten on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:50PM (#21012789)
My criticism is the vast overvaluing of information value, and the complete failure to accurately assess the risk of that information becoming public.
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