Wonder if you could root it and just put software on it to do what you want?
I’m not too surprised; but to take the example of one country, in the USA where I live, 11% of the people (that’s about 40M people) live below the poverty line, and that is even much less money than a livable wage where you can afford rent, food and nothing else. I’m speaking of the US as an example, but I’m sure it’s not an uncommon situation in other countries either.
My point is: a massive amount of people can’t afford to spend $100 on entertainment, ever. I spent some time with such families, and I can tell you it is not at all an uncommon thing. If they have a TV today, they probably got it for free from somewhere (possibly a dumpster), and it looks exactly like they did. That’s a massive amount of people who would desire this kind of upgrade.
Now is it the right population to serve ads to, that’s a different question.
Wonder if it’s hackable?
No, the maker has stated they have measures in place to detect any tampering, and that if you tamper with the device, fail to connect it to the Internet, or do not use it frequently they will make you return it or pay for it.
I wonder how they determine if you're viewing the ads or if you set something up just to download the ads and not display them.
Probably but I have to assume they've accounted for that and in their assessment the risk of breaking the usage agreement is greater than the value and effort required to exploit the device
Ooof! They couldn't pay me enough to put this shit in my home.
How I could get a 55" 4K Monitor without internet, microphones cameras and with blazing fast boot time?
As already said you just need to buy something explicitly listed as a monitor.
One thing you'll find is that at 55" with decent specs you'll be paying a significantly higher price than you could find a 4k TV. That's because good monitors of that size are often super high end displays. E.g. Nvidia branded big format gaming displays.
It's called a monitor, that's basically the difference between TVs and monitors these days, since the death of terrestrial and cable TV. So just get a regular monitor like this https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Monitor-3840x2160-Response-S55U-SA/dp/B0B4MJBSD9/ or this https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Computer-Monitors-559M1RYV-Replacement/dp/B096CG575L/
Wish I could get a 60” or 65” monitor. 55” is a touch too small for my needs.
realistically, is there anything stopping me from ripping it apart and using one of those screen driver modules you can buy off ebay to control it and essentially turn it into a big computer monitor?
There's something like a $1000 fine if you're not using it in the approved manner.
Not a fine. That comes from the government. A contract penalty. That they'd likely have to take you to court to get you to pay. Which would be a fun expense for them.
They probably still are the owners of the device and would make you pay for a new one right when they discover that you're not generating revenue anymore.
c/angryupvote
Ugh. No thanks.
I bet that someone is going to code an AdBlock 5 minutes after it being launched publicly
So a company is giving away a super dooper ulterwide for free... I wouldn't complain, I would get one, imagine that as a secondary display.
So if you're watching cable TV you can watch ads while watching ads.
You can be watched while you watch ads while watching ads
Oh hell no
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