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LG TVs now shows advertisements on screensavers
(arstechnica.com)
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
Is it even possible to buy a tv nowadays that doesn’t have this crap?
It's possible, Good luck finding dumb TV in the store.
The internet is for:
porn
finding hospitality/digital signage displays, which have even better specs than consumer ones, because they aren't subject to the same energy saving regulations