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[โ€“] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There's a bunch of products that clearly aren't selling to consumers anymore. Cars were the first one I noticed, about 15-20 years ago. When I was growing up, cars came in an absolute rainbow of colors. Ever since the early '00s, all the colors have disappeared, except corpo friendly colors like white, grey, gold, silver, tan, black, and the occasional blue or red. Almost no green, orange, or yellow cars even exist anymore. The car manufacturers don't care about us consumers buying a single car. They'd rather sell a fleet at a loss of profit per unit, but so many units they don't care.

The same thing is happening to electronics, TV's, and to a certain extent, housing. If you want a "dumb TV," search for a "commercial display panel." You'll pay like 3 times more, but those don't have the intrusive data collection crap.

[โ€“] Hugh@programming.dev 1 points 18 minutes ago

You can also buy computer monitors up to about 32" to use as a TV. Above 32" all the OLED displays seem to be curved or ultra wide.