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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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Almost every smart TV platform is, at this point, a billboard for ads with your apps sprinkled in, but where...
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    That sounds like something that should be illegal. You bought the screen. It belongs to you.

    Can you root the TV and be rid of that horrible functionality?

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      Dunno, I’m too lazy.

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