There is no future where advertisements like this will ever be welcome in people’s homes

I really, really, really want to believe that line. But I don’t. I can see too many ways they will convince the average schmuck that it’s the new normal and you’re some kind of Luddite weirdo if you don’t have one.

And the main reason I don’t believe it: manufacturers stopped caring what consumers want years ago. They push out what they want us to have.