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I don't think I'll ever buy any product that advertises itself as 'smart'. They seem to be anything but.

Edit: I do have a 14 year old 'smart' TV, but it's basically only a monitor for my PC.

I turned off ads on mine.

By turning it face down.

You Do Not Speak Unless Spoken To And I Will Never Speak To You.

Can anyone recommend a similar type of device that's not ad-supported? I don't care about voice, but would like to have a desk clock with a synced calendar.

The evolutionarily stable state is a small percentage more ads than people will tolerate. That's just maths.

I regret ever getting mixed up with Amazon in the first place. I canceled Prime, stopped ordering from Amazon’s website, found a Kindle alternative, pulled the plug on my IoT crap, and unplugged my Echoes. No regrets. YMMV.

"Honey, you know what would really tie this room together? A giant electronic advertising billboard!"

JFC

Advertising is a small part of the experience, and it helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in. If customers don’t like a suggestion, they can swipe to skip to the next screen card or directly provide feedback by tapping the Information icon or pressing the screen.

No fucks given, we're gonna shove em down your throat.

LOL I knew that would happen the day they announced it.

[ Picachu Face : o ]

(I'm too lazy to find the meme)

Anyone know a good TV on the market now? I don't need ultra resolution. I want it unsmart. I need it to switch between HDMI inputs.

People regret buying skunks after being sprayed by skunks.

People regret buying ....

They will continue to support .....

Wait until your smart TV starts playing adds every 10min no matter what your watching, or even if the TV is "turned off"

I'm now reading Helen Philips' Hum and it feels so disturbing that the dystopian world depicted in the book is so real. Like all of those things actually exist already, we just don't think about them too often.

Advertising..helps customers discover new content and products they may be interested in.

Someone needs to coin a word to describe this type of infuriating corporate statement. They make astonishingly piss-weak arguments in a patronising tone, as if to insist that reality must be whatever they say it is because they’re a successful company.

It’s the kind of statement that’s not technically a lie, but still seems dishonest for them to present as though it were a sane response, almost like an attempt at gaslighting.

I think the person who wrote that response should be forced to wear it around their neck so that everyone can see what sort of person they are.

Fucking ads, even on Netflix and at gas stations now. So offensive

This is a real “the scorpion stung the frog” situation.

There was never any other way for this to go. Is in the scorpions nature to cram ads and tracking into your devices. That was always the strategy even with their Fire lines of devices.

Ring will be next. It’s already giving them your address, neighbourhood, routine, device types, etc. That data gates correlate to census income data, network traffic, etc. to build a profile of who you are as a consumer.

Installing spyware and wire taps in my home was never appealing to me.

My pet pony keeps shitting on the floor.

I am very frustrated and did not expect it.

I should sell it off and buy a horse instead.

This week Amazon starting pushing ads to customers paying extra for ad-free Prime Video.

Corporations are now so powerful they don't have to abide by reasonable norms, contracts, or laws any longer. Any fines are just a cost of doing business and are a small fraction of the profits they generate.

What are customers going to do anyway? Go to other businesses that are doing the exact same things on different days?

... and all the actual tech nerds who told everyone they should avoid smart devices like the plague laugh and laugh...