Did you know that the reason TVs have got so cheap is that some of the are watching you back? Now look at this graph… that I did not make. I found it on the internet. And who doesn’t trust charts on the internet? Most things have gone up in price since the 2000s but TVs are down 97% The only other thing to go down 97% since the early 2000s is my chance of becoming a child prodigy. In my mid-30s, I think there’s still some hope. TLDR, TVs have become cheaper due to the data they collect from users and the revenue streams that creates. And glass manufacturing has vastly come down in cost. But we don’t talk about logistics over here. If you want that, go to Wendover Productions. Here we’re all about data and surveillance. Subscribe - http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0HAW8tgFA_xEmeUupuRwiA?sub_confirmation=1 Chapters - 📺 0:00 - Intro - How is your TV tracking you // why has the price of TV's dropped? 📺 1:16 - Part 1 - How Your TV is Making a Profit After You've Purchased It 📺 2:28 - Part 2 - Where Your Data is Being Sold and What They Can Use It For? 📺 5:33 - Part 3 - Metadata // Douglas Rushkoff 📺 7:26 - Part 4 - What can we do about it? OTHER VIDEOS - Facebook - 👉 The Evil Business Model of WhatsApp - https://youtu.be/YumfmeBYPhQ 👉 How Facebook uses your period data to sell you stuff - https://youtu.be/WazCiuVKlbY 👉 Facebook Shadow Profiles explained - https://youtu.be/sR8M8hZxuPo 👉 Every toxic thing Facebook did in 2021 - https://youtu.be/aRWB81qrzts 👉 Can Facebook be forced to delete the algorithm? Yes, here's why. https://youtu.be/fHZftxVdeGM Amazon - 👉 Amazon Go's toxic longterm plan - https://youtu.be/YQCpHVWxUrE 👉 Every toxic thing Facebook did in 2021 - https://youtu.be/ha4_2GS2_HA Twitter - 👉 Why is Twitter so toxic - https://youtu.be/lT7e_P8rfuk Everything else - 👉 Why Tinder ruined your dating life - https://youtu.be/pNR2We-Srro 👉 The Rise of Dark Patterns - https://youtu.be/cjMbtDcHL7k 👉 All the privacy issues in Clubhouse app - https://youtu.be/HfZJZl22mg0 👉 8 counter-arguments to common privacy misconceptions - https://youtu.be/7RcjYdn3I5U 👉 You're wrong about the value of NFTs - https://youtu.be/zfPYMRbSne4 👉 How social media has changed how we talk - https://youtu.be/gZ-nW2kRkuY 👉 Here's why you don't read the terms of service - https://youtu.be/zni2DiCQ7rU ———————————— 💬 let's chat about data / privacy / the internet on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/TheInternetExplorers 💬 I've also got a Discord - https://discord.gg/rGcht3SJyV ✍️ Follow on Twitter http://Twitter.com/Thismademecool 📧 Join the mailing list - https://bit.ly/30eHZ7I ✨ Join the internet explorers on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/SimonCaine 🎧 My podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937 ———————————— All elements were created by me, comedian Simon Caine. ———————————— #TV #DataTracking #comedy ———————————— My gear (affiliate links) Camera - https://amzn.to/2YezaZl Lens - https://amzn.to/2Y1yjuQ Ring light/stand - https://amzn.to/3gTKhiI Software - https://amzn.to/2Y449Hr Graphic Tablet - https://amzn.to/3gOXGbX Green screen - https://amzn.to/3ePYD1H Phone - https://amzn.to/323MtPF ———————————— This is the best for the algorithm... no need to read it (I've been told it's important / helpful) Simon Caine is an English award-winning comedian, writer, author, podcaster and human based in Edinburgh Scotland. He makes a video a week, released every Sunday. Over the last decade, he's performed all over the world, from London to NYC to Australia. His most recent show "every room becomes a panic room when you overthink enough" got 5* reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe where he sold out the run. Previously he opened for Trevor Lock, Ben Miller and Henry Ginsberg as well as gigged on the same bill as people like Terry Alderton, Mark Dolan, Matthew Crosby and Bec Hill. He's been featured in the Huffington Post “Tweets of the Week” feature several times and had jokes/writing appeared in The Poke and other publications. He hates writing in the third person.