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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Their streaming sticks and TVs. They are basically electronic billboards in people’s living rooms. When you turn them on, the main menu has ad space.

Now FOX can run whatever ads (political or otherwise) that they want to on all of these TVs.

Roku also takes a screenshot of anything you watch and sends it back to a centralized server.

https://www.gadgetreview.com/your-smart-tv-is-taking-7200-secret-screenshots-every-hour-heres-how-to-stop-it

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Remember when you were the product only if it was free? Now it's pay to be the product.