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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by throw0101c on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:57AM (#50454902)
> But they typically cost way more.

Yes, because the price is not subsidized from the selling of personal information.

> “The business model is shifting away from making money on TV sets and instead to making money on ads and data that is delivered by those TV sets,” said Paul Gray, Omdia’s Research Director, Consumer Electronics and Devices, at last week’s HbbTV Symposium in London.

* https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2024/11/18/tv-companies-sell...

Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by thesuitonym on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:53AM (#50455576)
This is just made up. Spectre sells TVs that do not have any smart features and they do not cost any more than similarly sized TVs.
Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by amavect on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:19PM (#50455892)
Where do you buy those? Searching tells me that Sceptre has no stock.

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1wbjk0o/sceptre_tv...

The Amazon and Walmart links given on Sceptre's product pages don't link to any televisions. Example: https://www.sceptre.com/TV/4K-UHD-TV/U515CV-UMRDD-50-4K-UHD-...

Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by ragall on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:13PM (#50455832)
> Yes, because the price is not subsidized from the selling of personal information.

No, it's because their target is businesses which aren't so sensitive to price and like the extended warranty that comes with.