Easy.

Ninja turtle set, huh?

Both of those use LoRa, as Reticulum can, among other media.
I think the comparison ends there.

Surely not.

You’re still paying for the components, so an out-of-box dumb TV would be cheaper

Based on the components alone, yes, but this is capitalism.
The reason smart tvs are cheaper than that is because of ad revenue.

It really is that simple.

If the TV allows you to use it without connecting to the internet.

Oh it’s never the parents’ fault, they’re Parents.

you can likewise infer that my comments were a shorthand representation of American politics and not meant to offend anyone.

No, i couldn’t, but by that lens you’re absolutely spot on.

Neither was i offender nor does this comment contain sarcasm.

No references to Good Will Hunting in the comments.
Me sad.

Communism: very extreme… for sure…

Bombastic marketing?

Only positive thing he ever contributed to the world.

Don’t like Volkswagen much?

Bankers in jail after the 2008 subprime mortgages crash.

While he filmed it on his glassholes.

and CEO’s would have been jailed by now.

I’m going to move to Iceland.

IKR… and normies go worshiping 2k+ yo books… sheesh

Sithrak is the only one true god.

Now i can’t unhear that.
Not complaining.

we don’t know and would likely be incapable of understanding what it is.

So aliens.

the generated thumbnails of images on your PC

So the precursor to Recall?