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Re:Tesla remotely unlocks Model 3 car, uses smart summon to ... by usefulcat on Monday December 20, 2021 @11:12AM (#29626464)
> over time terrible terms seem to win out over reasonable ones

Tyranny of the marketplace, I guess. If most people are not bothered by the terrible terms, then the selection of items with non-terrible terms will be correspondingly small.

Case in point: I'd like to buy a TV (even at a higher price) that does not have ads all over the interface. From what I can tell, as of right now there are approximately a handful of such TVs, not counting older models that probably aren't produced any more. And of course out of that handful, most are not very good in other respects..

I don't know how to solve that apart from regulation, which is often a very poor solution.

Re:Tesla remotely unlocks Model 3 car, uses smart summon to ... by stalfosknight on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:15PM (#29628824)
My solution is to never setup wifi or provide ethernet to my TVs. They can't vomit ads all over the screen or track what you're watching if they can't get online.
Re:Tesla remotely unlocks Model 3 car, uses smart summon to ... by HideousKojima on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:04PM (#29628658)
Buy industrial signage displays. You'll be paying a significant premium but it's basically the only way to get a high quality non-smart tv these days.