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

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Telly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVs
theverge.com

so basically you're getting a surveillance device shipped straight to your living room.

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Someone needs to jailbreak/root this TV!

I think that would be priceless. Send out a million TVs thinking man we are gonna make bank. Literally 990k jailbreak and use it as a dumb TV lol

(I have so much venom for this idea in general.)

Is there an intentional pun on it being priceless? I hope so

They have stated they have measures in place to detect anyone trying to do that and will require them to return the TV or pay for it.

I think that would be against the contract signed when reviewing the telly so they'd charge them.

For example I think it is mandatory to connect there TVs to the internet

It is. It also needs to be the primary television (it checks for that, probably by spying on your other devices), only allows ‘approved’ devices to be connected, and looks at your room to see how many people are watching (you’re not allowed to block it). It tattles on any attempt to alter or subvert it. If you break the TOS for whatever reason, they’ll automatically charge your credit card $1000. You have to give them your credit card info before they’ll ship.

I suppose it’s an okay device if you don’t care about privacy at all, or if you’re willing to pay $1k to jailbreak it.

get that second screen working with HomeAssistant or somethin