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There was a really interesting interview on The Verge with the CEO of Telly. Basically, TVs are so cheap now because they make all of their profit selling your data. His pitch is "why pay for a TV and then also have your data mined. They should at least give you the TV for free."
It's frustrating because even if we buy a "premium" devices like an LG C3 or one of the nice Samsung TVs, they're still going to spy on us. (PiHole FTW).
He's right, but I don't like the framing of TV companies are going to spy on you anyway so we're the best option since you get a free TV. I would like the option to not be spied on. In fact I'm choosing that by not having a TV to begin with.
That’s one of the reasons i’ve stayed with a TV from 2009 for so long. It was just before they started doing all that Internet TV bullshit, so no spying possible.