They don’t make ’em like they used to!
  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Sorry but this article is just false and misleading.

    The company currently has no ability to see what users might be doing when they switch away from its proprietary streaming platform. This is apparently a problem, in that Roku is missing monetization opportunities!

    Now look here.

    https://lemmy.world/post/9840946

    Look at the logo in the bottom right.

    Roku is already doing this and has been since last year. This is not a threat. It is a promise to shareholders and advertisers, and they have already fulfilled it.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I fail to see the claim that the article is false and misleading?

      It sounds like what it states is what it is. Replace the phrase “currently has” with “didn’t” and your issue evaporates.

      Which seems like unfair criticism given that the present or past tensing of an article’s statements are dependent on when it was written and is a rather fluid and interpretable thing. It’s a reasonable expectation that readers can understand and adjust their perspective of past vs present tense without failing to understand what the article is conveying…

      Especially to such a degree where the confusion from the past tense versus present tense of a statement is great enough to be considered “false and misleading”…

  • thegreekgeek@midwest.socialEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Ehhh, it’s not like I’d actually do it, but the thought of doing it while I’m pumping gas gives me warm fuzzy feelings inside.

  • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’m glad that The Atlantic is covering this issue. Nothing groundbreaking here for anyone who follows these issues, but the Atlantic’s audience overlaps a lot with actual policymakers and their staffs. The tech companies don’t want to be regulated by the government, so coverage by these types of publications may be a good starting point for reform (whether voluntary or regulated).

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Reminds me of those gas stations that play commercials at the pumps. More and more of them are disabling the mute buttons. I only stop at stations with the TV-free pumps now.

    • thegreekgeek@midwest.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      One of these days I’m going to find out where they hide those speakers and when I do I’m bringing an icepick to the pump.

    • Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      "People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

      You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

      Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

      You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs."

      – Banksy

    • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I use video projectors. Many of them, typically the better ones do not have any built-in smarts requiring an Internet connection.

      In general, smart devices are a major security risk, and need to be firewalled off.

      • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        3 months ago

        There really needs to be laws requiring any smart device to have, like, 20 years of security patches, customer support and liability if anything goes wrong. If they want to place a device, that they insist needs internet access, in my home, they need to, at the very least, pay their way.

    • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      We managed to pick up some off newegg.ca as recently as a couple of years ago (RCA branded). Only 32-inch panels, though, so if you’re looking for a living room centerpiece, you’re better off going the digital signage route.

    • Arghblarg@lemmy.caEnglish
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      3 months ago

      You can, but now it’s called “a big monitor and your own server with a personal media library”.

    • rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’m one of the crazy people who spent 4 grand on a 85 inch dumb display meant for stores to use as digital signage. Honestly a great decision. It’s no home theater display but damn if it isn’t just as good as any smart tv I’ve seen. I just have it hooked to a raspberry pi running librelec.

    • Refurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 months ago

      Rooting an Android TV gets you there, plus you get a TV that you actually own. It’s super niche and difficult to do, though. Hard to find info on which TVs can be rooted.

    • Kroxx@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Bought an LG A2 OLED, I have never hooked it up to the Internet and I love it. I don’t use any smart functionality just a PC

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I want to read articles of interest to me easily. Subscriptions to print /text media sources often don’t work out on a value analysis though. The best way to consume media is through specialty sources now. I want the Atlantic for tech articles, another source for fashion, another for sports, and an occasional glance at NYT or the post for key articles. I don’t want to lock myself into a source for subscription. My intrest in this article is worth about 6 seconds of my time to access, about three or four non obnoxious ads, or about 7 cents as an instantaneous micropayment. Exceed any of those limits and I walk away never to return to it. I’m guessing a lot of readers fall somewhere in that range of tolerance. Until micropayments are a thing I think text media like this actually still make sense for ad. Support really. Will block it as much as I can, and I won’t tolerate anything too obnoxious, but the model more or less makes sense. Fuck the paywall - Im surprised that model is sustainable, i walk away instantly with that.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Yup, I’d pay if there was a nice micro payment option. I’d put $X into my browser each month and then websites can get a small payment based on what I read. Ask me the first time to authorize payments for a site in a certain range, and then ask again if you need more than the for some content.

          That is much more preferable to ads or a subscription. Until that happens, my ad blocker is staying on and I’m avoiding paywalls.