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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by chuckee on Sunday November 14, 2021 @01:26PM (#29219236)
> And a lot of people knows this. So for the past few years it turns out plenty of people are willing to sell their watching habits for a cheaper TV.

Because every TV has all the ways it spies on you listed as prominently as the price? And there's a near identical model for sale next to it, without the spying-enabled discounts?

Framing this as consumer choice implies consumers were informed and given a choice, but they were neither.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by rootusrootus on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:52PM (#29221531)
Perhaps something I actually appreciate about Amazon's devices. At least their Kindles with ads. They give you a choice between seeing ads, and not seeing them, and put a price on it. If ad revenue is a meaningful amount of the price of a new TV, then I'd definitely like the option to buy one with all of it disabled (with a permanent legal guarantee to back it up).
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