patents don't mean shit tho, companies usually just patent whatever they want without any plans of implementation
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My cousin wanted a Roku TV as a wedding gift. I said no. Got Sony instead. I like to think he's thankful for that with all the shit Roku has been doing
I'm so glad I made the switch to projectors. They have yet to be riddled with this horse shit. My current projector does 1080p, 60fps, makes an 85" screen in my room, can be used just fine during the day, works great with my Deck, and with the Kodak branded screen cost me less than 600 bucks.
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Sounds like a good way to get open source tvs
I'm so crotchety if your site so much as makes me click an extra X for an ad, promo, or even a coupon I'm fucking out homie.
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I doubt that Roku is the only one exploring this option though. Heck Samsung displays ads everywhere in their UI, including the individual, source selection items.
seems like it depends on the region? my Samsung gen 5 tv with region set to Ukraine displays zero ads in the Smart Hub thingy even tho I'm logged onto my Samsung account and connected it to the internet (I'm not actually using the "smart" features tho, I'm using an hdmi feed from a Mi Box S)
Could be, I'm sure other countries will be different since they all have different privacy laws. Honestly though none of this TV stuff really bothers me much in the sense of day to day life, it more just bothers me in the abstract sense.
I don't hook up any of my tv's to the network anyways, and I'm just always on HDMI and a media pc anyways with pi-hole on my router so no ads for me, this was just something I noticed when I hooked up my brother-in-law's tv and he wanted to use the built in smart stuff, which I don't blame him, it's his choice in privacy vs convenience.
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Yeah fuck that shit
The next step is they have cameras installed on them so they can watch you and detect the best time to play ads.
How much further are we away from commercials beamed into our dreams?
"Drink verification can"
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Late Stage Capitalism: Using a microscopic laser, we are able to burn our advertiser logos directly into our customer's retinas, so they will see them even as they sleep.
Shareholders: 👏 👏 👏
I wish I could find a TV for sale that isn't a Smart TV. It's not necessary and you get issues like this down the road. I'm sure it isn't too long until the other TV manufactures do the same thing.
I got a shitty tcl from wallyworld for like 110 and I never put it on WiFi so I never get any ads on the home screen. DNS would prolly block them tho....
Samsung smart TVs already show a small ad on the home menu.
Samsung: never again
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I hate this timeline
https://youtu.be/YqQ6D0Bu-a8?si=LbULiyEWAmbknARy
To be fair Roku is just aping on futuristic depictions of TVs.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/YqQ6D0Bu-a8?si=LbULiyEWAmbknARy
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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