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> There are contractual stipulations, by companies such as netflix, for example, that preclude image sensing on screens.

So you're saying Vizio and Netflix have a contract such that Vizio TVs will not report to Vizio about what is being displayed on the screen if its a Netflix stream? That sounds dubious. Maybe they could have a built-in Netflix app ignore such content, but what about Netflix streamed from a separate device via HDMI?

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Yes.

but you have to think about the economics of the ingest side... how much does it cost to, as a client, ingest every single netflix show. Not going to happen. Plus it violates lots of various companies TOS.

This is a non-issue, IMO, and people shouldnt worry about it to the same extent that one should worry about FB and GOOG and AAPL's abilities...

This is a scape-goat.

It's not at all a scape-goat. It might be a minor player, but not a scapegoat. And as a minor player, it's been coasting under the radar. At least we try to keep tabs on Facebook and Google, etc.

Your defensiveness of Vizio is offsetting, as if covering for something. Should I be worried, and swap out my Vizio for a different company's television?

If you just set your TVs country to Mexico it effectively disables ACR data collection....

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