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> 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 put
by 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 11mo 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...