@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoRoku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TVarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1397arrow-down1external-linkRoku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TVarstechnica.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•7 months agoThis 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•7 months agoLede has a very specific meaning and is seldom used outside of journalism, lead is perfectly acceptable in common vernacular
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilink5•7 months agoYes, and this was that very specific meaning and was used in the context of journalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•7 months agoLanguage is meant to convey meaning. You clearly understood the meaning, so the language succeeded. https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-roy-peter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoLmao they already do that. That’s not new. They’ve been snooping on your signals for a while. My parent’s TV sometimes shows a pop-up after watching certain things on antenna/satellite
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
FYI, it’s “lede”
Oh, I’m stupid
Lede has a very specific meaning and is seldom used outside of journalism, lead is perfectly acceptable in common vernacular
Yes, and this was that very specific meaning and was used in the context of journalism.
Language is meant to convey meaning. You clearly understood the meaning, so the language succeeded.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-roy-peter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/
Lmao they already do that. That’s not new. They’ve been snooping on your signals for a while. My parent’s TV sometimes shows a pop-up after watching certain things on antenna/satellite
Wtf that’s got to be illegal??