Comment on Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

Quexotic@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or just buy whatever TV you want, never connect it to the internet, and then plug in a separate box where you’ll actually get the content from.

  Smart TVs aren’t actually that smart if they have no internet and you entirely bypass their home screen to go straight to whatever box you have.

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  • Quexotic@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some will show ads anyway, or so I e heard. They’re fn asshats

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    • daFRAKKINpope@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t see how. Unless it has, like, 20 predefined stored ads. But even then it might be refreshing in 20 years to see a commercial today for Kia. Be like, “Oh yeah! I remember Kia! Man, crazy how long it’s been since Kia’s have been around. Such a bad car.”

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      • Quexotic@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I wish I could find the source but I do remember seeing an article about it. Maybe it’s a broken memory.

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• uis@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or for computer monitor

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