Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup
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Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching

These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

    • TWeaKEnglish
      4•10 months ago

      I mean yeah I agree the HTPC doesn’t care, my point was mainly that you can’t get a big ass 50" monitor that easily - TV’s are cheaper and easier to find for large panels. However I’d also prefer to have a dumb monitor, for control reasons.

      My bigger issue though is that I have a growing temptation to drop a grand on 4x 18TB hard drives… https://diskprices.com/