HP is putting targeted ads in its laptops without making them cheaper, which defeats the purpose. The speaker would accept ads on a free phone's home screen but not interrupting calls or core functions. Hardware companies should only run ads if users get real savings in return.
HP's launching an ad business with their laptop targeted ads. You know, like imagine just using your laptop and then you're starting to see more and more ads. I don't like the concept of hardware companies turning into ad companies unless there's a deal for us end users. I'm not saying we should get a cut of the ad revenue, but the hardware should be cheaper. When I go to places like Brazil, people always ask me to bring them like iPhones and I don't want to break the law because they're trying to avoid like tariffs and stuff and they want me to like smuggle in iPhones because an iPhone in Brazil costs way more than it does in the United States. But I know there's a lot of people, including me, that'd be willing to buy hardware if it was a lot cheaper. Like if my iPhone was free but I got ads all the time, I would take it and it could be on my home screen or whatever. I would really take it. Now, if there was an ad before I would make a phone call, I would not take it. That's just causing me more time.
