It already happened for a brief period of time many years ago
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There are/were already TVs that automatically connect to any public WiFi or even have their own SIM card.
That means the answer to the question would be 2? After two plays you have about 6 minutes of entertainment which are worth $1.
Btw I do the same entertainment budget calculations (as well as "what is my free time worth")
Instead they decided to ignore your comment and rile up people in sibling comments...
I'm buying a new (programmable) keyboard for the sole purpose of remapping capslock to backspace. Been using that for years and now my new employer forces me to use Windows where this isn't possible without Avon rights - it drives me insane how often I end up LIKE THIS;
Sadly this comes as no (big) surprise. Sharing the fate with many great projects from small dev teams, Nova was dead the moment it was bought up.
Both were a thing in discussions many years ago. That's why they became a meme.
But since then it's basically only used ironically because people quickly noticed they're a meme.
Great. Making generalizing statements based on ONE case from over 10 years ago, which was - at best - debatable (see other response).
An interesting bit of information without any sources at all...
Good for you, so you're from the EU or any other country that forces MS to stop this bullshit (or at least your installations believe you are).
I think OP made it pretty clear it's a hypothetical question