
Yes, that's right. This soon to be full page of ads will be patched into existing sets AFTER purchase.
Metacell wrote: Still, there should be a law passed that advertisers have to pay us for the bandwidth of our service that they use. Because it's not broadcast.
maurvir wrote:Metacell wrote: Still, there should be a law passed that advertisers have to pay us for the bandwidth of our service that they use. Because it's not broadcast.
I'd settle for a law that says you can't add this sort of crap to an already purchased television without the consent of its owner, and be required to warn customers before purchase that it exists.
ukimalefu wrote:... AND those TVs should be free.
maurvir wrote:Metacell wrote: Still, there should be a law passed that advertisers have to pay us for the bandwidth of our service that they use. Because it's not broadcast.
I'd settle for a law that says you can't add this sort of crap to an already purchased television without the consent of its owner, and be required to warn customers before purchase that it exists.
macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
but you give your phone apps permission to pinpoint your location, read, write, browse and delete stuff on your phone.... and that's OK.gotcha
dv wrote:macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
but you give your phone apps permission to pinpoint your location, read, write, browse and delete stuff on your phone.... and that's OK.gotcha
No... no I don't.
C. Ives wrote:dv wrote:macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
but you give your phone apps permission to pinpoint your location, read, write, browse and delete stuff on your phone.... and that's OK.gotcha
No... no I don't.
Even if I did it's a faulty comparison. My phone is a computer in my pocket that happens to be able to make calls. My TV is a TV.
People that do not succeed in politics usually tell the truth too often.
macnuke wrote:C. Ives wrote:dv wrote:macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
but you give your phone apps permission to pinpoint your location, read, write, browse and delete stuff on your phone.... and that's OK.gotcha
No... no I don't.
Even if I did it's a faulty comparison. My phone is a computer in my pocket that happens to be able to make calls. My TV is a TV.
your smart TV is a computer that lacks the phone app.
your phone has the app.. it's just portable is all.
macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
C. Ives wrote:macnuke wrote:C. Ives wrote:dv wrote:macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
but you give your phone apps permission to pinpoint your location, read, write, browse and delete stuff on your phone.... and that's OK.gotcha
No... no I don't.
Even if I did it's a faulty comparison. My phone is a computer in my pocket that happens to be able to make calls. My TV is a TV.
your smart TV is a computer that lacks the phone app.
your phone has the app.. it's just portable is all.
Except . . .macnuke wrote: you want your TV dumbed down....
People that do not succeed in politics usually tell the truth too often.
user wrote: getting a tv for its smart/wifi features is not a good idea because the manufacturers tend to rapidly drop support for those features - no upgrades
an external streaming device is far superior
Ribtor wrote: Can a TV screen be paired with a smartphone display so that when you swipe on the phone it swipes the TV screen? That would be a thing.
Ribtor wrote: Can a TV screen be paired with a smartphone display so that when you swipe on the phone it swipes the TV screen? That would be a thing.
Pariah wrote: One way to look at it is that all the crap they put on smart TVs subsidizes the price on the backs of n00bs and non-techies while those of us informed enough not to use the smart features get a monitor for less to hook to our choice of devices.
Kinda like how a PC loaded with crapware is cheaper.