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Just no. I paid the full amount on the TV, and you made a profit on it. So no, you should not be able to show ads and make more money off me, without my consent (which I don't give you). I am NOT going to turn off my wifi or stop updating its OS. I paid the full amount for the TV, I will expect full features to be functional at all times.

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But they didn't make a profit. TVs are sold nearly at cost.

Do you have a source for this? I've heard the narrative before, but I find it slightly hard to believe there's that much value in (likely) poorly targeted ads from a system that manufacturers will probably drop backend support for in a few years.

That is not at all true. On an average, TVs have a 10% margin of the manufacturers, this tends to be way higher for newer models. If they are sold at nearly at cost, there's no point for most manufacturers to even be in the business.

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