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Thing is the TV's you're only half the customer. That's why the TV's have gotten so cheap, the extra revenue stream from selling data. You can't even buy a dumb TV any more.


My gas pump feeds me ads while I pump gas that I paid for.

T-mobile sends me ads over SMS that I paid for.

JetBlue serves ads to paying passengers on the seat-back displays.

I hear Windows has ads now, but I got off that ship a while back.

Being the customer is no longer sufficient; companies have figured out that they can make more money by charging you and serving you ads.




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