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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] knotthatone@lemmy.one 3 points 4 months ago

$130 menu price but regularly goes on sale for $99. Still not cheap (especially compared to the "free" ad platform built in to the TV) but lessens the sting a bit. And much less likely to be abandoned by its manufacturer and get exploited.