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> We’re just going to cram ads into every corner of a TV’s software, huh?

There are 12 ads active on this article, and at least 1 autoplaying video ad.

To be fair, they paid for the TV but you didn't pay for the article.

Hah! That is a good point!

And you _can_ pay for the article in a way that causes the site to stop serving ads. The Verge is part of Scroll, which is one of the services where you pay a monthly subscription fee to not see ads on their member sites.

Not shilling (I have no affiliation other than being a subscriber), just thought it was relevant to the larger conversation about paying for things and ads.

Use an ad blocker. I don’t feel bad about not giving money to what is essentially a rant about a crappy tv. My life wouldn’t have changed in any way if I hadn’t read it.

You don't selectively refuse to give money though. You block everything by default and then rationalise that the content sucked.

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