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So a bit of background I spent the last 17 years going Smart TV app development.

Not a lot here is any sort of surprise to anyone in the industry.

Always on audio is common on a whole swath of devices - any that want to do Alexa style voice prompts need it. ACR is table stakes for modern TVs reselling viewer data has driven down TV prices to the point where there is no going back.

The policy file here is how you build Tizen apps. It’s a list of specific features your app needs access to and certain levels of access (controlling the TV For example) require different levels of contractual relationships with Samsung.

Everything Samsung collects should be covered in their, very dense, TOS.

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