SatansMaggotyCumFart6d ago

If you don't let your smart tv connect to the internet you're stealing from the manufacturer.

https://piefed.world/c/unpopularopinion/p/1007670/if-you-don-t-let-your-smart-tv-connect-to-the-internet-you-re-stealing-from-the-manufact

If you don't let your smart tv connect to the internet you're stealing from the manufacturer.

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Show threadtheunknownmuncher

Nope! Factually and objectively wrong, no opinion involved.

If it isn’t connected to the internet, it isn’t using any hosted services. The “stealing” argument, while still wrong, can only be argued if using their hosted services.

This claim is the same as claiming it is stealing if you don’t turn on and use a TV, despite owning one.

Apr 2 at 6:22pmWeb
Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉6d ago

from what I’m aware of.

modern TVs are sold at a loss because they then profit of your data.

if that agreement was explicit, I would consider “not connecting it to the Internet” stealing, but a good stealing.

but it isn’t explicit, so it is more like you pritecting yourself from data theft

Show threadtheunknownmuncher6d ago
Right, what you agree to is clearly described in the product EULA, nothing else matters. At least for my Roku TV, the EULA includes no kind of mandate for internet connection.
Show threadBluegrass_Addict6d ago

it can’t be stealing since nothing is physically being taken from them, nor are we profiting from them.

their expectation on getting our data, isn’t theft since it doesn’t belong to them in the first place.

it’s the same vein that piracy isn’t stealing because nothing is actually being taken. it’s only duplicated. loss of income, or presumed income… sure, but it’s not theft.

Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉6d ago
i wouldn’t consider it stealing. but they still want someone to blame for lost revenue.
Show threadLost_My_Mind6d ago

My arguement is they sell TVs at a loss, expecting to make it up with my data.

But they don’t sell any TVs that DON’T do that.

I’d easily pay $20,000 for a 200 inch dumb tv at 8k, BUT THAT DOESN’T EXIST!!!

So I have to make due with a dumb projector.

Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉6d ago
for that price order a costum made high resolution dot matrix display for the whole wall.
Show thread5in1K6d ago
Some video walls are around that price.
Show threadAtherel6d ago

odern TVs are sold at a loss because they then profit of your data

I strongly doubt that. Maybe they sell at a lower margin to keep competitive, but they’d never sell at a loss. Okay, on paper maybe because they know exactly how to tune those numbers. But in the end, they make profit.

Show thread🍉 Albert 🍉6d ago
i think there are companies that sell product at a loss. like Costco hot dogs. I heard game consoles do too.