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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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Many of these smart tvs are priced lower than they would've been otherwise, because being able to serve you ads is worth something.
So blocking the internet access might actually make it a better value. You can then hook it with an optional non-bloated box for streaming