[soulofmischief]

Don't forget about the ginormous TCL Roku televisions with "opt-in" Active Content Recognition. Now everyone feels they can afford a 70" TV and don't think twice about it.

[scarejunba]

I mean, they think that because they can. It's a great feature.

[soulofmischief]

Except they don't understand the full scope of the purchase. All of their viewing data is now being recorded.

I can afford tons of things when they are subsidized. That's why coal, etc. still seem so sustainable and we think we can afford them as well.

[scarejunba]

I think I am fully on-board with giving people the same option Kindle does:

* Offer price with view tracking

* Offer price without view tracking

I cannot argue that this shouldn't be clearly visible, and I think, for the benefit of the consumer this can't be a ridiculous matrix of all the different kinds of tracking. Opt-in or pay the higher price. That sounds fair. But "make it so no one can opt-in": no. That is oppressive nonsense from rich people who would go "How much does a TV cost, man? Ten thousand dollars? Just buy it."

[soulofmischief]

Kindle offers advertisements at a discount. I purchased one such model.

AFAIK Amazon is not keeping a remote log of every file accessed on my Kindle. Can you point to something saying otherwise?

> I cannot argue that this shouldn't be clearly visible, and I think, for the benefit of the consumer this can't be a ridiculous matrix of all the different kinds of tracking.

Visibility isn't really an issue either way if it's achieved normality.

[scarejunba]

I said "like the Kindle" in that it's clearly advertised what you're getting in the two different flavours. I didn't mean they track you. I was hoping to emphasise the clarity.

[soulofmischief]

The issue is that anyone who willingly participates in Active Content Recognition systems has made themselves ineligible for revolution.

If they ever start watching anti-government propaganda, the government will know.

We've all read 1984. We know what happens.