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YouTube's ad problem just got worse: Users now seeing 90-second unskippable ads!
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Ads via HDMI shouldn't work if the TV doesn't have internet connection, by my understanding. So I do not see any problems there.
oh don't worry, they'll start participating in mesh networks with your neighbors' smart devices and getting internet access that way
or using like 4g/5g network for ads for free, sucking up all the data bandwidth from smartphone users so they can make sure we got our daily ad dosage!
ANTI-CORPORATE PROPAGANDA DETECTED. PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN.I seem to recall reafing that smart TVs have a list of default passwords they use to try and connect to the to wifi networks they find...
So they try to brute force in to our wifis? Why no one sued them?!
Ads over HDMI are being worked on.