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It. Is. Never. Enough.

You paid hundreds of dollars for a new monitor, but it doesn't matter. More ads, more profits.

I hate it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I suspect that this is a smart TV being used as a monitor.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It says "Smart Monitor" right there in the pic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s monitoring your activity and smartly displaying ads. Working as advertised!

/s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Seriously! What is smart about these things? It's smart not to buy this bullshit. It's 1984 doublespeak just like the "open" in "OpenAI".