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Please follow the rules, and defend your opinion, or I will be forced to remove the post.
I have defended my position I did not want it to dominate the conversation.
Good enough.
We're not "popular opinion"
that better be an unpopular opinion 😠
I’d steal directly from their wallet if I had the opportunity
Popular opinion: Good
That sounds like something you would say! 😀
Right? I think this user is hilarious, and this post is definitely on brand.
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That isn't unpopular its delusional.
It is satire.
Nope! Factually and objectively wrong, no opinion involved.
If it isn't connected to the internet, it isn't using any hosted services. The "stealing" argument, while still wrong, can only be argued if using their hosted services.
This claim is the same as claiming it is stealing if you don't turn on and use a TV, despite owning one.
from what I'm aware of.
modern TVs are sold at a loss because they then profit of your data.
if that agreement was explicit, I would consider "not connecting it to the Internet" stealing, but a good stealing.
but it isn't explicit, so it is more like you pritecting yourself from data theft
odern TVs are sold at a loss because they then profit of your data
I strongly doubt that. Maybe they sell at a lower margin to keep competitive, but they'd never sell at a loss. Okay, on paper maybe because they know exactly how to tune those numbers. But in the end, they make profit.
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factually not correct.
what is 'being stolen' exactly?
Nothing is being taken from them, they just aren't getting everything they planned on. that is not theft. just like piracy isn't theft since nothing is physically being taken or lost.
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This literally made me start laughing. Hilarious!
Don't stop.
"Stealing" from advertisers is a moral imperative.
Siding with big tech is beneath you, SatansMaggotyCumFart.
Doubt it. The OP actively makes Lemmy and the fediverse a worse and more toxic community.
I wasn't going to connect it to the internet already. You don't need to convince further
I might agree with you if it was possible to buy a modern TV that didn't have any smart features, but since you can't the only way to get a TV that acts as just a TV is to never connect it to the internet. In addition, if the manufacturer actually cared about requiring me to connect it to the internet to spy on me they would have made me sign some contract to that effect before I purchased it. It's not my fault if they don't profit off my purchase if I don't use it the way they want; I'm not the one who set the price.
Oh, you!
Yeah this is a bait post.
I'd consider it to be protecting my own right to privacy; but if you really want to frame it as stealing: I'm glad to be doing so. I'd even say stealing from these companies is a moral imperative.
Are you doing your part? Or have you spread your cheeks for corporate America?
Why do you think that?
It's probably the reasoning that the TV's price is subsidized by the ads they push on the platform. And even if true, I doubt they will pull the ads if they sell it for the "actual" price.
SmartTVs are kinda subsidized by the fact that TV manufacturers can sell user data. They would be expensive if they couldn't do that.
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This is the most unhinged take I have ever heard
GOOD
Good, smart TVs are cancer. I don't have one, never intend to have one.
Stealing is cool 😎
OP understood the community assignment
Real "The law is the law" type behavior
Cryin' over some of these comments, this one is masterful SMCF. Good to see you back on form.
You are right. Other example of stealing that comes to mind: trying cigarette once, and never developing addiction nor cancer.
Buying a printer and then never purchasing additional ink is stealing.
I don't remember when SMCF's ragebait era officially started, but I'm here for it.
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I know Right.
I sure love stealing from corporations. hell yeah, stealing from them is good.
That’s their mistake for assuming I have an internet connection, I do but they don’t know that
Is withholding, stealing?
Oh noo... whatever shall I do with my life!
This makes me curious:
Would you consider using 3rd party ink cartridges to be stealing from printer manufacturers??
Similar scenario: the printer is sold at a loss, with the expectation that you overspend on proprietary ink. If you don't buy their ink, you're not allowing them to recoup their losses; 'stealing' the profits they expected to make from you.
Too late for April fools. No way you sincerely hold this belief
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