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by rfrey 1867 days ago
I don't believe for a second that data is subsidizing anything. It's a revenue stream, sure, but prices haven't gone down as data collection went up.
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I worked at a company that was attempting to sell software to consumer electronics manufacturers as per the divx model - some of us remember when you couldn't buy a dvd player without that logo. But when streaming began to replace physical media, I was told that services such as Amazon and Netflix began paying to have their software in the devices. I'm curious whether that's still a revenue source for manufacturers.
Prices haven't gone down? So before smart TV's were a thing 70" 4K TVs could be had for $650?
That's the usual price drop as these SKUs achieved mass market and got economies of scale.