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by joezydeco 1545 days ago
Bill Baxter (CTO, Vizio)

Smart TVs continue to make money for the manufacture after the sale by providing data to viewer measurement and consumer research companies and through all of those apps they integrate in the TV’s smart functions and subsequent app usage.

“This is a cutthroat industry,” Baxter went on to say. “It’s pretty ruthless. The greater strategy is I really don’t need to make money off the TV. I need to cover my costs.”

http://cjni.com/smart-tvs-too-smart/