Millions of people actually chose this over their other options. Consumers regul...

JoshTriplett · 2024-12-16T04:11:16 1734322276

> Millions of people actually chose this over their other options.

What other options would those be? What non-"smart" OLED TVs exist on the market right now?

sneak · 2024-12-16T06:45:39 1734331539

The decisions were made months or years ago, when there were non-smart options. Cheaper surveillance TVs won out.

2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2024-12-16T14:48:09 1734360489

I agree but the reason they were cheaper was hidden. If spying were an opt-in popup that says "spy on me" nobody would choose the spying. It won through sleight of hand.

sneak · 2024-12-16T19:57:34 1734379054

The fact that you don’t agree with the choice doesn’t mean that consumers didn’t make one.

If they were unfit for purpose, they would have been returned.

Most people don’t care about being spied on.

2OEH8eoCRo0 · 2024-12-16T23:33:01 1734391981

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/96-of-us-users-opt-o...

When iOS let users opt out of tracking 96% opted out. If people don't care about being spied on then why do so many opt out?

ranger_danger · 2024-12-17T21:48:14 1734472094

it's cute that you think people read popups. /s

oleoleoled · 2024-12-16T05:46:47 1734328007

You missed the point. You don’t need OLED. You’re just following the crowd for the next shiny dumb new thing yet drives enshittification.

bmicraft · 2024-12-16T10:57:13 1734346633

You don't actually need most things. Any yet here we all are, all on the same website. Not because anybody needed to be, just because we wanted.