• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why should you have to buy a nice TV for this issue to not be an issue? Why should shitty TVs have built-in advertising and glacially slow “smart” functions? Either don’t include that as TV software or fix it.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Capitalism baby!

      They want to make the same profit no matter the product you’re buying. On nice TVs they make it by making more profits on the sale, on cheap TVs they make it by selling ads.

      The reason the cheap TV is cheap is also because it’s using (even) older hardware so it’s no wonder they’re slow…

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      1 year ago

      The price of the TV is subsidized by the ads, promoted apps, and usage tracking. But usually poor hardware to keep the cost even lower. That’s why the models with Fire TV OS and similar ones are usually the cheapest.

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          1 year ago

          TVs have improved in quality since smart TVs we’re introduced. However, it’s kind of like everything else. They have stopped producing the old dumb stuff.

          It’s another reason why I advocate that we should compensated anytime our personal information is used or harvested.

          • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Quality? Built in apps when a roku is 30 bucks? Is that whats so expensive?

        • Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          I couldn’t get a TV anywhere near the size of the roku for the same price. 350 bucks for something 3x as large as a 400 dollar boob tube in 2002. Also it still has no ads.

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      1 year ago

      Because that’s why the TV is cheap, as they make money back on serving you adds.