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userbinator 7 hours ago

12 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6759426

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6778397

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amelius 6 hours ago | parent [-]

12 years? I guess the complaining on HN didn't help much.

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Sohcahtoa82 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't expect the manufacturers to change.

I do expect people to change though.

How is it that it's been well known that smart TVs will show ads and spy on you for over 10 years, and yet people are still connecting their TVs to their WiFi rather than get a separate dedicated streaming device?

I just don't get it. How are people still surprised to find their TV is spying and will show ads?

	▲	ssl-3 22 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Most people just don't care. It doesn't matter to them that their TV sends reports back to Mother.
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userbinator 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Most people have not been paying much attention, and while I do remember some reporting of this on other tech news sites at the time, it was (understandably) mainly ignored by the mainstream media.

	▲	rationalist 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> ignored by the mainstream media They make money from advertising. I imagine their hundred million dollar contracts have things that they are not allowed to report on.