[gliiics]

Please drink a verification can.

Also:

> Now, all smart TVs come with ads. But you still pay for the TV.

Here's the crazy other solution: let me pay for the TV and don't put ads on it. But I guess milking those who can't set up a simple DNS ad blocker (you wouldn't believe how many people don't even use a browser ad-blocking extension) is too pretty of a penny.

[rockostrich]

I'm totally fine with buying a TV that's default OS includes ads when connected to the internet if it means the price of the TV is subsidized and I don't have to sign some kind of agreement that requires I don't modify the TV in anyway/always have it powered on and connected to the internet.

Honestly, even using the default smart TV OS in most cases isn't really that obtrusive. I don't do it anymore but when I did I really didn't mind.