Telly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVs

Evelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.world – 203 points –
Telly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVs
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so basically you're getting a surveillance device shipped straight to your living room.

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Kinda want to get one and rip it apart to extract the screens, strip the copper, etc. Turn it into a monitor with my own screen driver silicon.

I just looked it up and they charge up to $1000 if you block ads or tamper with it. They have all sorts of crazy requirements too.

If that’s the case, then it’s cheaper to just buy a 50” tv. Way cheaper than the $1000 they make you pay

That's the point. If you can afford even a $400 tv, you won't buy this. It's for people for whom $1000 is unobtainable. So they'll watch the ads rather than risk a lawsuit and penalty.

@Draegur

@StarLuigi

Same, I wonder if it'll still function without internet, I'd just get a chromecast key or something on the HDMI. And just not connect the TV itself to the internet.

Granted it probably has some kind of contract that you get charged if you don't play the ad's