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Vizio exec: we'd have to charge a premium on "dumb" TVs to make up for the money we'll lose by not spying on you
submitted 5 years ago by useless_aether from boingboing.net
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[–]happysmash27 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago* (0 children)
Yeah :) , I prefer a simple dumb thermostat with a local network connection that is managed by my own computer with my own, self-compiled, open source software.
I like dumb, simple things that do simple, dumb tasks that can be integrated into a larger system, in accordance with the UNIX philosophy. I wish more things were advertised as this, because I have spent many hours looking for computer peripherals without fancy, bloated annoying, Windows-only configurator tools. For things that use GUIs, it would be nice if these things had preferences widgets instead of massive separate programs that don't integrate with the rest of the system at all.
This gives me yet another business idea, since somehow the free market almost never gives me what I want, at least without lots of resistance…
Edit: Added emoticon at beginning so that my initial tone wouldn't be interpreted as too critical.
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