we live in hell

I don’t even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they’re saying…hey do you want a worse experience?

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    11 months ago

    They’re taking pictures of what you’re watching on the screen and sending it to random 3rd party data collectors to analyze and then harass you with ads.

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      11 months ago

      Or just reading the file name on the DVD lol

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        11 months ago

        Sure, but they do take snaps of the screen and send it to advertisers. Almost all “smart” TVs do this.