There is one TV that is free because it comes with banner ads across the bottom, and a camera to verify that people are watching.

They already send the tv's out at cost to collect your data to sell.

They're starting to ship them with chips in them to send the data away whether connected to WiFi or not

And they're taking screenshots of what you watch, including when you plug in a laptop.

We're almost there

Your new Netflix Amazon Microsoft Telescreen has arrived.

Please ensure you stay in full view during the replacement process and comply with the required spatial analysis test before decommissioning your previous device.

Have a nice day.

Kind regards, The Ministry of Entertainment.

Don’t give them ideas… I don’t want to subscribe to 10 individual TVs that only play a single streaming service.

No. This is capitalism. Executives would let their entire industry die before letting a single dollar of profit elude them. If less people watch TV, they just cut the budget of the shows they produce. They will never be desperate for you to stay.

People have tablets, phones, and computer screens that they can watch streaming from. I don't see why a streaming service would give out actual equipment.

Aren't they already kind of doing that? I mean they're not giving it away obviously, but like I think Disney plus streams like a channel or two constantly. I think Prime does too.

Lol. The phone company used to lease people phones. Let's not go back to that model. But who am I to fight capitalism?