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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you seen the TV that has a second screen that just plays ads

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And apparently has cameras and sensors that detect if you cover up the 2nd screen. Truly dystopian, but also they weren't exactly hiding these features if people bought the TVs...