I remembered a scene of a black mirror episode: if the person looked away the ads will stop until the person watch it again and it's unavoidable ... I wonder if this will be a reality one day

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Yes, the technology to do this is here, and they're just waiting for the consumer to be able to put up with it.

[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is why I just set up a media server at home.

It's mine, you can't pump it full of ads. All the media is mine and those companies can go fuck themselves.

Sail those seas folks

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Oh I have had a plex and then jellyfin server for almost 15 years. Yarr mateys

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't worry your TV will just hijack the HDMI signal to inject its own ads

[–] emmy67@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Not if isn't connected to a network. 😈

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