"We don't do any kind of tracking. We work silently in the background, and completely anonymously. Users don't actually see or don't feel anything. With Bright's SDK, a viewer's smart TV becomes part of a massive global proxy network that crawls and scrapes the web. Including apps running on desktop PCs and mobile devices, the company claims to operate 150 million such residential proxies worldwide."
"Together, these devices gather petabytes of public web data from a wide range of different locations and IP addresses. This approach allows the company to capture localized versions of websites, but also helps to circumvent web crawler blacklists. The gathered data is then resold to companies to train AI models, among other things."
Streaming services typically force users to choose between expensive ad-free subscriptions or ad-supported tiers with tracking. Bright Data proposes an alternative for Samsung Tizen and LG webOS platforms: integrating their SDK into TV apps to monetize without ads or high fees. The company operates 150 million residential proxies globally, including smart TVs, that silently collect public web data in the background. Users opt into Bright's network when downloading participating apps. The collected data, gathered from diverse locations and IP addresses, helps circumvent web crawler blacklists and is resold to companies for AI model training and other purposes.
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