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This is why hardware that is still controlled by someone else should be classified as a rental, and not a sale.
Software has been 'sold' as a license since approximately forever, and I don't see things being better there.
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I cannot imagine they make more money off me with ads than just asking me money to buy them away like YouTube premium (minus that they allow sponsors in the videos which I think should be a violation if I have Premium but ok). So why don’t they offer that; let me pay something to stop tracking, snooping etc and showing ads. I have never clicked an ad in my life.
Alas, if you let the people with enough money pay for making the ads go away, your remaining ad audience will be poorer on average, and perhaps less interesting for ad space buyers.
Anyone who cares at all about their privacy wouldn't have a roku TV to start with. Roku is one of the most invasive companies there is. Their devices take multiple screenshots of whatever is on your screen every second and then uploads those images to their servers to be scrutinized so that they can make assumptions about you as a person. If you have a Roku TV they can do that for any non-roku device you're using too…
I clearly made a mistake, but I bought a Roku after seeing how often my Samsung TV was pinging back on my pi-hole DNS logs (constantly). The last two years it's had an increasing number of ads on the home screen. I won't buy another.
Anyone who cares at all about their privacy wouldn't have a roku TV to start with. Roku is one of the most invasive companies there is. Their devices take multiple screenshots of whatever is on your screen every second and then uploads those images to their servers to be scrutinized so that they can make assumptions about you as a person. If you have a Roku TV they can do that for any non-roku device you're using too…
If you are using an ATV or Chromecast, why would you connect your TV itself to the network at all?
Remind me again, why do people connect their TV to the Internet? I used to work in the space more than a decade ago, and even then the privacy invasions most major brands did were inexcusable.
Because why would I watch things on my 6" smartphone or my 14" laptop, when I already have a 50" screen?
Because I can hook a controller to it and stream games from my Steam library despite owning zero devices running Windows?
Because I never watch cable TV, so why else would I even own a TV?
Anyone who cares at all about their privacy wouldn't have a roku TV to start with. Roku is one of the most invasive companies there is. Their devices take multiple screenshots of whatever is on your screen every second and then uploads those images to their servers to be scrutinized so that they can make assumptions about you as a person. If you have a Roku TV they can do that for any non-roku device you're using too…
you will live to see enshittification beyond your comprehension
Just get a TV that isn’t shitty. People act like it’s a clockwork orange and you’re forced to watch ads.
I don't get this bombardment with ads anymore. For all the talk of targeted ads I routinely get them for products like tampons which I definitely do not need. Most of the time it's some noise I hear until I can press the skip button. I can't really remember what's the last time I bought something I saw on an ad.
This is why targeted advertising is so much more effective than un-targeted. On Facebook/Instagram I frequently see ads for products I was not aware of that are relevant to my interests.
Of course with a master of science in computer science, after years and years of posting links to my open source projects; what I need the most is a programming course or a no code platform.
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Alas, if you let the people with enough money pay for making the ads go away, your remaining ad audience will be poorer on average, and perhaps less interesting for ad space buyers.
That makes sense. Shame people don’t drop overly ad ridden platforms as there are no usable alternatives.
Yes, it's a shame that other people have different preferences from me sometimes, so that the market for what I want is smaller. But, hey, variety is the spice of life.
You can get pretty far with ad-blockers.