Evelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTelly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTelly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVswww.theverge.comEvelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhy would anyone want this? It’s free, so it’s obviously not even going to be a good quality TV. There are no upsides to this.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt’s worse than that. If the concept of the book 1984 were a television this would be it.
minus-squareJackthelad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAll we need is to get a Peloton so our exercise can be monitored too.
minus-squarenymwit@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago “What Orwell failed to predict is that we’d buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching.”
minus-squareFermatsLastAccount@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe upside seems pretty clear? It’s a free 55" TV. A lot of people won’t care that it’s not as good as other TVs.
minus-squareHuxston@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoYou’re just not poor enough yet. They’ll keep inflating us into poverty until this becomes everybody’s best option
minus-squarepjhenry1216@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLow income folks who can’t afford an alternative.
minus-squareritswd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHonestly, if I was broke, I’d consider it. If you can afford anything else, then yeah, take that something else. But not everybody can afford stuff.
Why would anyone want this? It’s free, so it’s obviously not even going to be a good quality TV.
There are no upsides to this.
It’s worse than that. If the concept of the book 1984 were a television this would be it.
All we need is to get a Peloton so our exercise can be monitored too.
The upside seems pretty clear? It’s a free 55" TV. A lot of people won’t care that it’s not as good as other TVs.
You’re just not poor enough yet. They’ll keep inflating us into poverty until this becomes everybody’s best option
Low income folks who can’t afford an alternative.
Honestly, if I was broke, I’d consider it. If you can afford anything else, then yeah, take that something else. But not everybody can afford stuff.