Just an agreement that requires consent...you can drive trucks through the loopholes. "Yes, I want to speed up my internet" is one and 90% would click yes /install.
The company that makes/sells me a couch doesn't currently install a microphone in the couch, so that they can analyze my conversations and sell my data to advertisers.
Should they start trying? All of these tech companies are getting away with it!
Amazon Echo Sit
Relaxtion-as-a-service"
Translation
"We're selling an overpriced couch. The couch is manufactured by someone else. The microphone gives us your data. We're working on selling that to as many other people as we can."
1) Sell the couch at a loss.
2) Acquire customer voice data.
3) Run it through ML/AI
4) ????
5) Pivot the company.
This way when the company shuts down, your cushions are stuck in one position, unless you hotwire the couch :)
Will I be tried for criminal charges outside the US, and then extrajudicially extradited from my home in Cambodia?? [1]
It's a world of opportunity...
I am sensing a market
On losing signal they're programmed to instantly fire, just in case.
SitBit: we're not going anywhere.
Apple + Samsung have the phone market, but that didn't stop MSFT and AMZN from trying XD
Thanks Samsung.
I've charged back everything from erroneously issued parking tickets to flights canceled due to weather.
Every time, the credit card company immediately gives me my money back, settles with the merchant on my behalf, and I have always won.
The question is, who is giving the money to the banks that allows them to take this kind of a loss? People who have credit card debt???
Banks require merchants to keep a certain amount of money as a deposit with them, specifically for this. The amount varies depending on the type of business the merchant is in (and the size and reliability of the merchant - for example Walmart is probably not required to keep any amount at all).
Strange world!
The money comes from the business. The credit card company simply removes the money from the businesses bank account. This is one of the reasons it is so effective. Sometimes even mentioning the word "chargeback" when dealing with customer service will work wonders.
I have an ongoing complaint with Samsung, hopefully they'll see some sense.
Until then they're on my blacklist and at every opportunity I'll make it known that their products have ads built in. It's a pity, as the TV is great in every other regard.