Evelyn to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoTelly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1206arrow-down1external-linkTelly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVswww.theverge.comEvelyn to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarework is slowlinkfedilinkEnglish33•2 years agoI just looked it up and they charge up to $1000 if you block ads or tamper with it. They have all sorts of crazy requirements too.
minus-squareEcstatic_equilibriumlinkfedilink10•2 years agoIf that’s the case, then it’s cheaper to just buy a 50” tv. Way cheaper than the $1000 they make you pay
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilink8•2 years agoThat’s the point. If you can afford even a $400 tv, you won’t buy this. It’s for people for whom $1000 is unobtainable. So they’ll watch the ads rather than risk a lawsuit and penalty.
minus-square@BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoYou could buy four for that price. Idk how they’d enforce that though.
I just looked it up and they charge up to $1000 if you block ads or tamper with it. They have all sorts of crazy requirements too.
If that’s the case, then it’s cheaper to just buy a 50” tv. Way cheaper than the $1000 they make you pay
That’s the point. If you can afford even a $400 tv, you won’t buy this. It’s for people for whom $1000 is unobtainable. So they’ll watch the ads rather than risk a lawsuit and penalty.
You could buy four for that price.
Idk how they’d enforce that though.