Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin's Telly opens a waitlist to give away 500K 55-inch 4K HDR TVs, which have a second screen for constantly showing ads, in 2023
but there's a massive catch Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : This free TV has a second screen for extra ads - and it could be a privacy nightmare Axios : Axios Pro: Media Deals Kyle Funk / Techaeris : Want a free TV? Telly will give you one, but there are a couple of stipulations Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : Telly unveils free big-screen TV supported entirely by advertising; you get it for free Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Telly Offers Free 4K TVs, But with 24/7 Ads Built-In Lucia Moses / Insider : Pluto TV's cofounder just unveiled a free, ad-supported TV set. Check out the 18-page deck he used to raise funds from top media analyst Rich Greenfield and Gary Vaynerchuk. Elias Saba / AFTVnews : New startup wants to give you a free 55″ Smart TV in exchange for always displaying ads on a second screen Adrianna Nine / ExtremeTech : ‘Free’ TV Costs Only Your Constant Attention Adrian Potoroaca / TechSpot : This startup will give you a 4K TV for free if you watch nonstop ads Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : ‘Telly’ is a free dual-screen TV powered by ads, includes free Android TV dongle Maria Diaz / ZDNet : You can get a 4K TV for free, with a very creative new catch Matt Adams / The Hill : New company giving away free TVs. Here's how to get one Quentyn Kennemer / SlashGear : Telly Launches Dual-Screen, Ad-Supported TV For Free: Here's How To Get One Mastodon: Rod Hilton / @rodhilton@mastodon.social : This is the funniest shit ever. Free TV with a second screen that shows nonstop ads. — Literally every single person is just going to tape black construction paper over this second screen, you've got to be kidding me. … Tweets: Paris Marx / @parismarx : Yet another example of capitalist pressure making everything worse. A new company called Telly wants to give away a bunch of free TVs: the catch is that they all have a second screen to show you constant ads you can't turn off—and push live sport betting. https://variety.com/... Parker / @pt : These filthy capitalists, giving people the option of getting a free TV with a different mix of features from the other thousand kinds of TVs they can also still choose to buy or not. Consumer choice is the absolute worst. https://twitter.com/... Nicholas De Leon / @nicholasadeleon : Anyone remember using the old NetZero ISP from the late 90s, early 2000s? It was free in exchange with placing a permanent banner ad at the bottom of your screen. We used it when I was a kid. https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Tom Mckay / @thetomzone : hey guys, free hackable TV https://variety.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : This TV is completely free. It's free because it has a second smaller display below the main one that constantly shows ads https://www.theverge.com/... Karl Bode / @karlbode : I've been begging for years for a dumb TV with basic, numerous HDMI inputs and no smart internals. I'd even pay extra. The TV industry's response: A TV with a little second TV that just bombards you with ads, constantly https://variety.com/... Mighty Royale / @tra_royal : Whys there a camera and mic attached to this tv? FED WORK!!!!! https://twitter.com/... @datnofact : Presumably they were smart enough to put a light or obstacle sensor in it because otherwise that's going to be very easy to circumvent. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer