System would detect paused content on external devices and show ads on top.
  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    68·
    1 year ago

    Roku has patented a way to ensure I will never own one of their devices, and I’ll do my best to ensure no family or friends do either.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      I e already begun. At least 5 people around me will never buy Roku again. Fortunately, they’re tech smart, so it was easy to explain and didn’t actually require convincing.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    This is burying the lead. It’s not just about showing ads. It is tracking everything you on your TV, whether or not it a roku service

    • PassingThrough@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I wonder if it can be detected by the streaming apps. Some of them are really anal about ensuring you can’t record or whatever, and don’t work if it doesn’t get all the HDMI security stuff just right. I’ve had issues with bad cables and my portable projector(Anker) has to side load an alt version of Netflix because they couldn’t/wouldn’t get the device to pass Netflix “certification”.

      I’m guessing this means new partnerships and money changing hands, or nobody on a Roku can watch Netflix anymore, or they put these ads at a higher level that bypasses whatever security/DRM Netflix uses. Probably the last one, but if Netflix thinks they will lost money to this they’ll probably just pull their certification anyway.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I wonder if it can be detected by the streaming apps. Some of them are really anal about ensuring you can’t record or whatever, and don’t work if it doesn’t get all the HDMI security stuff just right.

        If I’m understanding what Roku has done, this has nothing to do with HDMI (HDCP) security. Roku is inserting the ads after the signals has left the HDMI subsystem, and before an image is displayed on the screen. They can do this because the Roku is inside the TV.

  • irish_link@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I am on board for this.

    Patent it and no one else can do it.

    Then if you do get or have a Roku TV, just don’t add the wifi to your TV. (I know this won’t work for the sticks, but for the cheap TV, just don’t add that to the wifi)

    I know that defeats the point of a smart TV but its a lot cheaper than other screens.