We've reached a new peak for #adware intrusiveness.
More and more businesses that rely on ads and data collection for their revenue are struggling to prove the sustainability and profitability of their model. As a result, they're becoming more and more aggressive in ads and data collection. With the discreteness of their data collection programs gone long ago, their new goal is to make a world full of adware and spyware the new normal.
Google is now showing ads in the middle of your emails, and YouTube is disabling streaming unless you disable your ad-blocker.
But it's hard to think of an idea more intrusive than PlutoTV's new marketing stunt. They're giving away 500k smart 4k TVs for free.
The catch? Their 55-inch TVs will have a secondary 9-inch display physically soldered on top that you can't turn off and that displays ads 24/7.
Anyone else feels some echoes of 1984 at the idea of a display in your home that you can't turn off and whose content you can't control?
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/05/15/145223/startup-plans-to-give-away-500000-free-4k-tvs-the-catch-the-sets-have-a-second-screen-that-constantly-shows-ads
Fabio Manganiello /
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2023-05-15 14:56:10
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2023-05-15 14:56:10Event JSON
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