The Downfall of Smart TVs: From Promises of Seamless Viewing to Ad Tool on Steroids
22nd August 2022
Smart TVs might have invaded almost every home on the promise of customized and seamless viewing experience, but, in essence, they are not much different from their bulkier and dumber predecessors. Right from the get-go TV vendors have been conditioning their smart brainchildren to collect user data to personalize ads and sometimes directly deliver them to viewers’ screens. To do so, TV manufacturers have been tracking user behavior through a variety of tools, chipping away at their privacy.
My “TV” is nothing more than a vehicle for showing movies from DVD. I quit watching “TV shows” over twenty years ago.