Comment on Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads

andyburke@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Boards only understand “line go up” or “line go down.” If something turns off a few weirdos like us but it lets them sell access to millions of eyeballs they’ll do it.

  They’d step over their own dying mother to make a buck.

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  • digdug@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, if she's already dying, what's the issue here? I'm losing money if I have to stop and call 911, when she has a perfectly good phone to do it herself.

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  • andyburke@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    History is littered with companies that decided they should "milk" their customers instead of providing new and innovative products. They usually don't last all that long, but you're right that the current board members might not gaf about any kind of longer term existence.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That may have been true in the past, but we’re in a corporate fuedal system now, with a bunch of little fiefdoms we can’t escape ruled by people who wish they had the rizz of Henry VIII or Louis XVI

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      • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Damage private property, destroy the chains that bind us.

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• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always found their monetization strategy icky. Their remotes, with streaming service ads on them, always made me feel gross. Especially since those services change every couple years, and you get stuck with remotes plugging stupid services like Blockbuster and Redbox.

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They know what they’re doing! Maximizing share price for the next quarter while they jump ship… It’s legitimately disgusting.

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• InvaderDJ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To be fair, this is just a patent, not Roku saying they will do this. But if they do, then absolutely.

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  • andyburke@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don't want my money used for shit like this so Roku and I are done regardless.of if they exercise this patent or not.

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  • root_beer@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stand up, raise your hands, and shout, “McDonald’s!”

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