[foresto]

If I had to buy a smart TV, this is what I would do. It's the only way to be sure.

Sadly, the purchase would still reward the company for making a spyware screen, and signal that I find it acceptable, which is why I plan to avoid them forever.

[arijun]

I think these TVs are subsidized by the ad revenue, so you might cause them more pain by buying one and never connecting it.

[genewitch]

p.s. if you like this idea use the Ad Nauseam plugin for firefox et al in lieu of ublock whatever. It clicks on all ads it hides, polluting metrics, wasting money.

it also tells you the estimated cost of all ads it's clicked on your behalf.

[rationalist]

You're also going to be profiled based on every list imaginable. Have fun when companies think you're an extremist and into wild things like fetishes.

[genewitch]

Perhaps, but for that i use TrackMeNot plugin, which gets a list of headlines then does headline remixes/mashup and googles/searches for them on a set schedule of your choosing. you can choose to disallow words that would be illegal to search for in your jurisdiction.

also, oh no! Coca Cola will think i like latex? Shoot, this ruins my retirement plans.

[rationalist]

> oh no! Coca Cola will think i like latex? Shoot, this ruins my retirement plans.

Oh no! Now you didn't get that job because the company farms out their background checks and that company uses these metrics to determine different types of risks (social risks, financial risks (you must really like gambling after clicking on all of those gambling ads), etc). Oh no! Now you're on an extremist list and being investigated. Oh no! Now you're paying more for the same products because you're on a list of people that companies think will pay more. Oh no! Your social score is tanking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

[Larrikin]

Yea this isn't a thing and is just another scare tactic that gets dragged out when Ad Nauseum is brought up as the better solution. It's banned in the Chrome because it works

[genewitch]

What sort of sites do you think i visit?

also good luck doing price discrimination when i'm at a regular store in meatspace. i don't use any apps for any brand or store. If there comes a day where it is possible to "update prices in realtime" in stores, before i get to the register, and it's somehow legal for them to charge a different price at the register than it says on the shelf; then i won't shop at that store.

all stores are like that? doubtful. the farmer's market isn't.

I also don't particularly care if some employer passes me over because of what ads i click on. If any of you work for a company that does this, can you let us know the name of the company?

Also, oh no, not an investigation where nothing illegal happened! What will i do? Oh right, "i don't answer questions unless my lawyer directs me to. you can call him, here's his card"

reply to your "/s" comment below: it's banned because google is an adtech company that also makes "the most popular browser." I have no idea what strings ublock origin (or whatever they changed the name to this week) pulled to still "technically" be allowed (or was allowed, a few years ago); but ad nauseam uses the same lists as ublock, as well as possibly others.

I don't use chrome, and haven't for like 6 years; it isn't installed on my PC and it isn't my browser on android (when allowed to make the decision.)

But i cannot imagine the thought process that got us here. How did you come to believe all of the things you typed?