MegaUltraChicken

MegaUltraChicken , vor 27 Tagen

Oh Sony is all over it, here's one of the diagrams of their patent.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/975fc799-1aa1-432b-a2ee-fb0c179dafc7.png

MegaUltraChicken , vor 27 Tagen

Yeah absolutely, here's the filing:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454?oq=8246454

MegaUltraChicken , vor 27 Tagen

Honestly I think it's just a shit idea. Only way I could see it flying is if you heavily (or completely) subsidized the cost of the television. There's already a company giving away free ad supported TVs.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxj_HNhtqGAxUcIjQIHX7BCiYQFnoECBEQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telly.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw0alFgFQTc-6Uz1bt-Q55d1&opi=89978449

MegaUltraChicken , vor 27 Tagen

I mean, Telly is giving away TVs that have a camera and second screen to play ads. Sony might not think they could get away with it a decade ago, but consumers seem to slowly accept more bullshit over time so I could definitely see their calculus changing in the future.

MegaUltraChicken , vor 27 Tagen

Yeah it's awful, I really hope they fail but I'm not entirely sure they will. Most people who sign up are probably pretty good advertising targets.

MegaUltraChicken , vor 2 Monaten

I mean we see that with Sauron and Frodo in the films. It would appear that having the ring on your finger when severed does fuck all to help you out.

MegaUltraChicken , vor 5 Monaten

He's still a giant piece of fucking shit that can die in a house fire for all I care... Fuck. Stuart. Little.