▲ 543 ▼ Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal (variety.com) submitted 4 months ago by Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 63 points 4 months ago (9 children) Sounds like dementia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) Fox news is specifically designed to target the elderly as their critical thinking skills are fading, targeting their most triggerable fears. Fox Brain is a known phenomena, one which can usually be reversed if easy access to Fox News is removed, as seen in this documentary. I myself was able to stop my mother from going down that path with the help of a browser add-on that let me block right-wing rage bait news from showing up in her YouTube feed, which had an almost immediate and lasting effect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago (2 children) Link to the addon instead of a preview of a comment with the link https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago Ah, I didn't realize the Voyager app worked that way when using it to share links, which is really weird and awkward. I edited my comment to a direct lemmy link now that I'm on a PC. Thanks for the heads up. And for others reading, I linked to my older comment since I briefly explained how I used blocktube to be effective, but I'll add it here as well: At some point she had an appointment to go somewhere and I happened to have an opportunity to access her computer for an extended amount of time. What I did was subscribe her youtube account to a bunch of left-wing news sources, and more critically, I installed the browser addon BlockTube, which allows you to create a blacklist that seamlessly prevents videos or channels matching any keywords you choose from displaying on youtube. I added words like Trump, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, Fox News, Sean Hannity, etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago The comment does contain tips on how to set it up though permalink fedilink source parent [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (4 children) Yeah, that doesn't sound like Roku's fault. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Dementia doesn't automagically make one rabid for Trump. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) There seems to be a pretty strong correlation though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Same with the level of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protist@retrofed.com 1 point 4 months ago No, but it does often lead to sudden, late-life personality changes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children) Fox news is specifically designed to target the elderly as their critical thinking skills are fading, targeting their most triggerable fears. Fox Brain is a known phenomena, one which can usually be reversed if easy access to Fox News is removed, as seen in this documentary. I myself was able to stop my mother from going down that path with the help of a browser add-on that let me block right-wing rage bait news from showing up in her YouTube feed, which had an almost immediate and lasting effect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago (2 children) Link to the addon instead of a preview of a comment with the link https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago Ah, I didn't realize the Voyager app worked that way when using it to share links, which is really weird and awkward. I edited my comment to a direct lemmy link now that I'm on a PC. Thanks for the heads up. And for others reading, I linked to my older comment since I briefly explained how I used blocktube to be effective, but I'll add it here as well: At some point she had an appointment to go somewhere and I happened to have an opportunity to access her computer for an extended amount of time. What I did was subscribe her youtube account to a bunch of left-wing news sources, and more critically, I installed the browser addon BlockTube, which allows you to create a blacklist that seamlessly prevents videos or channels matching any keywords you choose from displaying on youtube. I added words like Trump, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, Fox News, Sean Hannity, etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago The comment does contain tips on how to set it up though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago (2 children) Link to the addon instead of a preview of a comment with the link https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago Ah, I didn't realize the Voyager app worked that way when using it to share links, which is really weird and awkward. I edited my comment to a direct lemmy link now that I'm on a PC. Thanks for the heads up. And for others reading, I linked to my older comment since I briefly explained how I used blocktube to be effective, but I'll add it here as well: At some point she had an appointment to go somewhere and I happened to have an opportunity to access her computer for an extended amount of time. What I did was subscribe her youtube account to a bunch of left-wing news sources, and more critically, I installed the browser addon BlockTube, which allows you to create a blacklist that seamlessly prevents videos or channels matching any keywords you choose from displaying on youtube. I added words like Trump, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, Fox News, Sean Hannity, etc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago The comment does contain tips on how to set it up though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago Ah, I didn't realize the Voyager app worked that way when using it to share links, which is really weird and awkward. I edited my comment to a direct lemmy link now that I'm on a PC. Thanks for the heads up. And for others reading, I linked to my older comment since I briefly explained how I used blocktube to be effective, but I'll add it here as well: At some point she had an appointment to go somewhere and I happened to have an opportunity to access her computer for an extended amount of time. What I did was subscribe her youtube account to a bunch of left-wing news sources, and more critically, I installed the browser addon BlockTube, which allows you to create a blacklist that seamlessly prevents videos or channels matching any keywords you choose from displaying on youtube. I added words like Trump, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk, Fox News, Sean Hannity, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago The comment does contain tips on how to set it up though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (4 children) Yeah, that doesn't sound like Roku's fault. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Dementia doesn't automagically make one rabid for Trump. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) There seems to be a pretty strong correlation though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Same with the level of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protist@retrofed.com 1 point 4 months ago No, but it does often lead to sudden, late-life personality changes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) Dementia doesn't automagically make one rabid for Trump. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) There seems to be a pretty strong correlation though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Same with the level of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent [–] protist@retrofed.com 1 point 4 months ago No, but it does often lead to sudden, late-life personality changes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 child) There seems to be a pretty strong correlation though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Same with the level of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Same with the level of propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] protist@retrofed.com 1 point 4 months ago No, but it does often lead to sudden, late-life personality changes permalink fedilink source parent