Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 01, 2024, 5:24 AM UTC

Post by supertimor » Sat, Jun 01, 2024, 9:54 AM UTC

kurts_mustache wrote: post #21

bandyaboot wrote: post #4

Why stop there? Require all users to agree to a chip implant that injects ads into users’ consciousness.

I vaguely recall a news article about some company, I want to say Apple but I'm not sure, patenting a process to use the camera to track your eyes to verify you're actually watching an ad to make them truly unskippable.

Post by kurts_mustache » Sat, Jun 01, 2024, 3:26 PM UTC

3abiton wrote: post #29

kurts_mustache wrote: post #18

Roku makes me so sad. They had a product I really enjoyed using and admired them for making. Then slowly over the years they keep becoming more intrusive with their ads and more invasive with their data/privacy practices. My first Roku didn't need any sort of account, you just plugged it in and went. Now you have to register an account and I'm sure they are tracking everything I watch. They blanket the home screen wi…

So you just sit there and take it? I don't see why people allow this behavior and treatment from companies, especially when there is a shift in direction. If people kee buying, they will never stop selling.