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Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing.  

This way, when an owner of a Roku TV takes a short break from playing a game on their Xbox, or streaming something on an Apple TV device connected to the TV set, Roku would use that break to show ads. Roku engineers have even explored ways to figure out what the consumer is doing with their TV-connected device in order to display relevant advertising.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Blocking it would require a screwdriver, and a razor blade to cut some traces on the cellular modem.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It's a shame sim cards aren't a thing anymore because how fun would it be to harvest them from some janky shit product like that and then make a bonded backup network with the data plans on the sims until the company figures it out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You would need to cut the antenna and then put a dummy load on it, disabling the modem would almost certainly give you errors that will probably make the TV unusable or break something you actually need for TV functions.