But the most interesting and telling reason for why TVs are now so cheap is because TV manufacturers have found a new revenue stream: advertising. If you buy a new TV today, you’re most likely buying a “smart” TV with software from either the manufacturer itself or a third-party company like Roku.

Noah Kulwin in The Outline

It is so creepy when Roku TVs show a message to “continue watching from the beginning” when you’re watching something on an Apple TV. I assume the TV is constantly sending frames of whatever is on screen to Roku servers for analyzing. It seems unlikely that the TV is capable of doing this recognition on its own.

The first time this happened, I finally broke down and bought a Raspberry Pi so I could set up Pi-hole.

I can’t believe this spying is not a huge story.