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Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] peter@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

What we need are some ethical choices for stuff like smart devices, things that don’t need “cloud connection” just so your phone can turn your lights on.

IKEA's smart stuff is the best out there for the average consumer. Manages to be something that "just works" whilst also being fully local, no cloud connection, uses open standard APIs and provides firmware updates as downloads.