Surprised it’s that high of a number.
Does it have a proximity sensor on the power screen? If it is only a second screen, I can see an easy curtain hack.
I want one, it would be cool to hack and get a second free screen.
That’s the neat part, the USA, being known for moronic decisions, made it so circumventing DRM measures on hardware you own is a federal crime. Telly detects you attempted to do that, Telly can send you to prison.
Never connect your monitors to the internet.
Then hack them.
Eh I already break the law on the daily.
We all do.
Orwellian.
Personally, I don’t think I’d want a free TV that perpetually pelts me with ads
Uhh, surely there must be a way to disable this once the TVs are in our hands.
IIRC they contractually get to charge you the price of the TV if the ads are blocked or disabled.
Ahhh, that’s the catch. Now I don’t want one.
TVs are so cheap. I don’t understand the business model.
line must go up, when all other avenues of generating revenue have been cornered the only path left to make line go up is ever more intrusive ads and similar rent-seeking/inshittification.
Cheap TVs make for a good business model - more ad revenue for the manufacturers of these pieces of junk. If TVs were more expensive they’d never recover their losses.
“Honey I’m home!
sits down
Work was great today sweety, we made some great ads, and not just any old boring ad. Genuine addiction inciting, mouthwatering, shake-em-down kind of ads!
Yeah we do great things at the ad factory.”
This mean that they are not interesting for ad providers -> the might go out of business soon -> free TV with no ads -> now I want one
I have so many ideas how to circumvent or exploit that on multiple levels.
E-Waste.
How can I get one in Germany? I’d like to put it in my workshop. The ads wouldn’t bother me there
Or just modify and block parts (technically, physically…). I have many ideas regarding this!
TVs are cheap. Just get a used one from Kleinanzeigen.
