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minus-squareHrabiaVulpes@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up27·1 month agoTV is cheap because you are the product. CEOs want you to see their ads, their propaganda. Gas is expensive because they have not yet found a way to stop car-owner from leaving the sofa in front of TV
minus-squareblarghly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoTvs are cheap because manufacturing costs came down. They were cheap before they were smart
minus-squareDreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoBoth are true. Manufacturing costs went down significantly, but non-smart TVs are now more expensive than equivalent smart TVs by over $100 from what I have seen.
minus-squaregreen_goglin@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoTVs harvest user data which is monetized as well
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoCar companies could learn a lot from the printer industry.
minus-squareHrabiaVulpes@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIf production of cars and oil were the same companies, cars would be as cheap as TVs and gas for them would be 10x current price.
TV is cheap because you are the product. CEOs want you to see their ads, their propaganda.
Gas is expensive because they have not yet found a way to stop car-owner from leaving the sofa in front of TV
But they do have ads at the pumps
Tvs are cheap because manufacturing costs came down. They were cheap before they were smart
Both are true. Manufacturing costs went down significantly, but non-smart TVs are now more expensive than equivalent smart TVs by over $100 from what I have seen.
TVs harvest user data which is monetized as well
Can you even get non smart TVs?
Car companies could learn a lot from the printer industry.
If production of cars and oil were the same companies, cars would be as cheap as TVs and gas for them would be 10x current price.