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Maybe, maybe not. The mental effects of products optimized for delivering advertising don't seem to be great for people or society (see: Meta's products, Twitter, TikTok).
Cigarettes cause cancer. Some people (not me) actually get value from ads and AFAIK they don't cause cancer.
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I’m sure people will notice if for instance HBO only sold a version with commercials after having an ad free product since 1980.
Sure. But Disney+ in 12 months will have the ad-based version at today's ad-free prices. (And the ad-free subscription at a premium price.
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> other people shouldn't watch it either. Where did i suggest that? I only showed that what i did is a possible path. At no point i judged the other paths. Watch my phrasing.. "... is an option", "you don't have to ...". I suspect you are reading too much between my lines.
> Some may argue that there's no need to be dramatic and that there's nothing wrong in seeing an occasional ad every now and then. Oh, no, I am very dramatic about this. I will go to any lengths not to see advertising. I will entirely forgo any platform that shows me even one ad, especially when I pay them. Amazon Prime video is already pushing it with their preroll previews. The second it's something else I'm cancel…
Not just that, it also means having thousands of companies know every show or movie you ever watched:
> [tv manufacturer] shared IP addresses of its consumers with the data aggregators who then would find a person or a household to which it belonged.
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When I first purchased my TV there were no ads on it. The ads came later when Google updated their Android launcher. So, where's my discount?
Why do you think Google - an ad company - was trying to get into the TV market?
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However those TVs are not easy to get and, like you said, they come with an increased price. I couldn't recommend enough to buy an Apple TV (or equivalent) and block all Internet access to your "smart" TV. I did this and everything was instantly better.
How do you block internet if it will join open networks automatically?
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Yes, but the moment you plug in an Android dongle, Apple TV or similar, you can just disconnect the TV from the internet, which should solve this.
You're going to have to put it in a faraday cage when they start including modems into the TV. lol
YouTube's advertising strategy is pushing me to get rid of my SmartTV, or at least find a 3rd Party solution to completely block the ads. I was completely fine with one or two 6 second ads randomly playing before a video, or during a lengthy video. Then they added 14 second ads, which was very annoying, but bearable since it's about the same length as the two short ads. But now they're advertising even if I simply op…
Pay for Premium - YouTube is one of the few services that actually lets you pay to stop the ads, it’s worth it. I wish that also fixed all the bad product design that results from building something corrupted by ad incentives. You can also disable all tracking in settings.
My brain can easily block a banner ad or tune out until the "skip ad" button appears. But when a content creator spends 90 seconds on message and then jarringly shifts to trying to sell me a mattress or a water bottle (Linus Tech Tips) for the nth time, that makes the video lose all value for me.
Content creators gotta eat, I get that. But the ad-supported model is garbage.
As for the brands, I'm aware of Swedx.com in the EU and Sceptre.com in the US. Samsung also makes some interesting products employing the Tizen OS (any jailbreaking available?). I don't have any direct experience with any of those however.
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Why do you think Google - an ad company - was trying to get into the TV market?
I don't have time nor the information to second-guess possible future motivations of every company in a supply chain before buying a product. Most people won't even realise Google provide the software for a lot of these products.