Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than TVs themselves

Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by bshipp on Sunday November 14, 2021 @01:09PM (#29219097)

Not at all. Individually they are important discussions to have. The problem is that the thesis here is that "all companies spy on you regardless of how much you pay for their product" when the headline is about Vizio.

Perhaps I'm alone in thinking like this, but if a person tells me they are going to discuss a topic but instead do a bait and switch by trying to roll in a dozen other tangentially-related subjects so they can get me to agree with them about a completely different thesis they should not be surprised if the listener starts to smile, nod, and slowly back away.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by Drdrdrq on Sunday November 14, 2021 @01:22PM (#29219201)

To me the article makes perfect sense. They tell what Vizio does and explain why this is so, and why this is even expected behaviour in capitalism. They also list countless other companies that do the same. After all, it's all about incentives... In this case it is money, but it could be paperclips just the same.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by emodendroket on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:29PM (#29219843)

The thesis isn't unreasonable and I think could be presented much more persuasively.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by tshaddox on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:26PM (#29220879)

There’s nothing remotely like a bait and switch here. The article is simply longer than the headline, which pretty much has to be the case.

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