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1. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 27-Nov-2021 13:47:21 EST Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)
   AFAIK a TV (in pt and es, TV sounds like "watches you") nowadays gets subsidized through surveillance and ads
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 27-Nov-2021 15:42:33 EST lnxw48a1

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      @lxo I don't know if 'subsizidized' is the right word. I think the companies are double dipping: charging the buyer full price, then surveilling them and selling their data. Double the money for a lot less than double the work.
      
      And I say that because of Apple -- Macs and iDevices continue to be some of the higher priced devices in general distribution, yet Apple still does both of the above to increase its already sky-high profits.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 27-Nov-2021 15:46:28 EST lnxw48a1

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         Admittedly, it has been a while since I've purchased a television. Maybe the giant screens that people are buying are subsidized. Are the wall-sized units under $200? Or are they still in the thousands of dollars?
      2. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Nov-2021 04:22:53 EST Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)

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         they are not as expensive as plain monitors
         similar screens, more features (misfeatures, really), lower price amounts to either subsidizing the items of lower price, or charging a premium for the others, which adds up to a distinction without a difference IMHO. a competitive market would supposedly quickly do away with artificial premiums, so I'm betting on subsidizing through post-sales abuse, similar to printer and ink business