This should just straight out be forbidden and regulation is the only way out of it.
Voting with money is not going to stop this as all major players with high-end devices are pushing this. On top of it, this information is usually a nice surprise after you already bought and setup the device.
To even further push the boundaries, they are adding (more) advertising to devices that have been purchased years ago!
I think Apple needs to make a TV set. Only then will the marketing message for TV privacy gets pushed through.
But from another angle, I think majority of population would not mind targeted advertising if that means their TV are much cheaper. If we think about it, it is kind of ridiculously cheap you can get a 4K 40" LCD TV delivered to you for under $300.
I don’t think it would matter if Apple made a TV. It has made little difference for phones and computers. No one else cares and Apple just get blamed for reserving privacy for the wealthy.
Well, first I dont think anyone is blaming Apple for resaving privacy for wealthy.
Second being iPhone users continues to grow. Although at a much slower pace. So there must be some kind of reason people are still jumping from Android to iPhone.
I just don't believe that TVs really get cheaper because of this. My 65'' $2000 model is also affected by this with advertising getting more annoying with post-buy updates. Like unsolicited automatically playing movie teasers when I turn the TV on.
I thought about this before writing that paragraph. The issue is much more similar to having advertisment on the home screen of your smartphone than using a service.
It would be more similar to your ISP injecting advertisement in your traffic and displaying it on top of the websites you visit rather than advertisement in the website.
The issue is deeper than advertisement itself. It's that it is unsolicited pushed into devices that are meant to consume other content.
Voting with money is not going to stop this as all major players with high-end devices are pushing this. On top of it, this information is usually a nice surprise after you already bought and setup the device.
To even further push the boundaries, they are adding (more) advertising to devices that have been purchased years ago!