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If it proves a lucrative business model, you may not get a choice. Making "smart" TVs was lucrative, and now almost all TVs are smart. No matter whether you buy a Samsung,a Sony, or an LG. If advertising in cars becomes successful, no matter what brand you buy, expect it to come with ads.

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Sure you do. I've just stopped buying TVs. Projectors, at least, still seem mostly focused on displaying images.

PC monitors too; they make decent "TVs".

Yep. I've got a 10 year old Plasma that still works and looks great. I will never own a car that advertises to me and sells my data. Hell, I'll never own a car that dings at me until I fasten a seatbelt if I can help it either.

> Hell, I'll never own a car that dings at me until I fasten a seatbelt if I can help it either.

Serious question: Why? I've never found it particularly helpful myself, but what's the big deal about a sound that reminds you to put on a critical safety device that you should already be using anyway? Do you really find yourself hearing those dings for long enough that it becomes a serious annoyance? If so, don't you think the ding isn't the actual problem there?

I was still able to find a low model Vizio in about 47 inches that was dumb. It was a godsend

This is why, for me, it's actually better to go for private label brands. They don't tend to bother

Can't you just not tell it about your network and use it like a dumb TV?

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