Evelyn to [email protected]English • 2 years agoTelly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVswww.theverge.commessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1221file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•2 years agoI just looked it up and they charge up to $1000 if you block ads or tamper with it. They have all sorts of crazy requirements too.
minus-squareEcstatic_equilibriumlinkfedilink10•2 years agoIf that’s the case, then it’s cheaper to just buy a 50” tv. Way cheaper than the $1000 they make you pay
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilink8•2 years agoThat’s the point. If you can afford even a $400 tv, you won’t buy this. It’s for people for whom $1000 is unobtainable. So they’ll watch the ads rather than risk a lawsuit and penalty.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoYou could buy four for that price. Idk how they’d enforce that though.
I just looked it up and they charge up to $1000 if you block ads or tamper with it. They have all sorts of crazy requirements too.
If that’s the case, then it’s cheaper to just buy a 50” tv. Way cheaper than the $1000 they make you pay
That’s the point. If you can afford even a $400 tv, you won’t buy this. It’s for people for whom $1000 is unobtainable. So they’ll watch the ads rather than risk a lawsuit and penalty.
You could buy four for that price.
Idk how they’d enforce that though.