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Big Surprise—Nobody Wants 8K TVs (www.howtogeek.com)
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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I know that sounds ridiculous, since I can “simply not use them,” but I want to spend my money on an appliance, not a consumer data collection tool.

For what it's worth you're actually spending the manufacturer's money (or at least some of their profit margin) on a data collection device that they won't get to use.

Smart devices are cheaper because the data collection subsidizes them.