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Kindles have been showing ads on their lock screen for the ad-supported tier for a very long time now. These days, we have moved to far more insane schemes. E.
by int_19h 1y ago
Kindles have been showing ads on their lock screen for the ad-supported tier for a very long time now.
These days, we have moved to far more insane schemes. E.g. smart TV manufacturers are patenting detection of static frames to show you ads while TV is idle (although I don't think anyone has actually shipped that yet).
- zahrevsky 1y ago> Kindles have been showing ads on their lock screen for the ad-supported tier for a very long time now. Wow, this is wild. I've also remembered that Viber puts ads among your chats in a chats list. It shocked me first time I've seen that. > patenting As I understand, big companies are making lots of patents, and most of those never come to life.
- int_19h 1y agoIf I remember correctly, it was Roku, which is already doing things like this: https://www.wired.com/story/roku-tests-showing-video-ads-before-the-home-screen-loads/ https://www.wired.com/story/roku-tests-showing-video-ads-bef...