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Old 07-24-2022, 02:43 PM   #61
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I got also one advertisement...pretty shocking. I want to decide myself if I want advertisrments This is my own paid hardware!!
Suppose you buy a car with navigation and the nav.screen is interrupted with those stupid advertisements. Grrr.I DO NOT WANT THAT!!
Have you bought a TV lately? Ads on UI. Of course they're called "suggestions" for what to rent/buy on, conveniently, their platform

80% of fire tv's home screen is a glorified ad for Amazon prime video. Even if the majority of the "suggestions" are for other networks' and studios' shows and movies, they prompt you to subscribe or buy through prime video so they get a cut. There's one small row for your actual apps, like 5 (6?) of them

And then there's the subscription model. BMW is trying out a program where for like $18 a month they turn on the steering wheel's hand warmer for you. Mind you, the hardware is built into every car already; you just have to pay for them to flip a switch in the car software
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