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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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As opposed to the old days when it was an analog billboard
There were no ads in the UI of the TV though.
The only thing close to a UI was TV Guide, which most certainly had ads.
(I kid, but only a little.)
Was this something called ceefax or teletext? I vaguely remember hearing of someone using it to book a holiday when I was growing up