• invalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    And specifically, inventing demand by removing alternatives. Like with IoT devices. They invent demand by removing alternative designs, raise the price because it’s premium, then use those devices to spy on your and sell data to create a sort of rent based model where you pay with your privacy.

    Alternatively they just refuse to even sell you the IoT device and force you to rent it from them.

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      11 months ago

      They invent demand by removing alternative designs, raise the price because it’s premium, then use those devices to spy on your and sell data to create a sort of rent based model where you pay with your privacy.

      I HATE SMART TVS

      I HATE SMART TVS