Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV
arstechnica.com
System would detect paused content on external devices and show ads on top.
  • Keith@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is like really horrific but if I’m being honest, it’s not going to happen. I think LG did a patent where you had to shout the brand being displayed on ads to skip an ad— and they never did that. This is probably a good thing so that other companies can’t use it for a few hundred years

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 months ago

    You know, this a good thing. Now nobody else can do it, so I just need to never buy a Roku.

    • PostaL@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Remember when Netflix started showing ads on a paid plan, and everybody was saying they’ll quit.

      “Haha! Look how Netflix will be thrown into the hole with Blockbuster, so nobody will follow.”

      So, where are we today? Everybody starts doing it, and Netflix is better than it was then.

      Yeah, you’ll have to forgive me for not being so sure Roku will eat too much shit over this, and that more companies will not follow.

      I see Samsung’s boner from here.