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daveoc64 on April 15, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: It’s Still Stupidly, Difficult to Buy a ‘Dumb’ TV

Do you honestly believe that?

The TV manufacturers will subsidise a cellular connection to allow users to stream hours of 4K content in exchange for a few pennies of ad revenue?

Smart TVs don't make any sense unless they are connected to a home network.

marcodiego on April 15, 2022 [–]

The 5G connection can be limited to phone-home functions.

daveoc64 on April 15, 2022 | [–]

What would be the point?

So they can track that you keep the TV tuned to HDMI 1 all day?

marcodiego on April 15, 2022 | | [–]

And show ads.

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