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Roku wants to patent the ability to display ads when consoles connected to its TVs are paused (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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[-] maquise@ttrpg.network 75 points 7 months ago

Yes, patent it. Then nobody else can do it!

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 30 points 7 months ago

Nah, they'll sell the licensing rights for others to do it.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago

Yeah that's best case scenario at this point. But after they forced users to agree to a new agreement with their remote control or no longer be able to use their Roku/TV I sort of doubt they have our best interests in mind.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Suddenly lifetime patents seem not so bad

[-] MrFappy@lemmy.world 39 points 7 months ago

So good of Roku to increase power savings by looking to inspire gamers to turn their tvs off when they pause, even if just to go to the bathroom.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

And good of them to patent such a sleezy move.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

✨ enshittification ✨

[-] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 32 points 7 months ago

This is at the point where just not displaying ads at every corner is becoming a viable business plan

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 30 points 7 months ago

whew, thanks roku! for a awhile there i thought i might use one of your products. no longer a thought.

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The forced arbitration EULA, ads on the homescreen, and prevention of installing your own apps didn't already convince you?

[-] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

They sell their TVs at a loss because they anticipate making money back via advertising, so don't feel bad about buying a cheap 4k TV. It literally costs them money!*

*As long as you don't connect it to the internet for some dumb reason

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 7 months ago

Have to squeeze every possible fraction of a cent of potential revenue out. How else are you supposed to maintain infinite growth?

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

Not only should this be illegal, some of the underlying efforts should put people in jail.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Damn dude, Roku blows now

[-] Flamangoman@lemmy.studio 3 points 7 months ago

Hot garbage

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago

I'm old enough that if my tv starts playing shit when it's paused i will shoot it

[-] penquin@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

I honestly thought that not many people really cared for Roku anyway. I've never a Roku device and never will now.

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This wouldn't fit with the gdpr, right?

Or maybe it's completely unrelated idk

[-] tb_@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

That depends on how Roku gathers data. GDPR has, to my knowledge, nothing to do with the ways in which ads are shown. Just how the data on those ads is collected.

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