carrylex comments on Developer ends lucrative screensaver deal with Roku because Fox bought it

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 1 point 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

WTF a screensaver on a TV that requires money? Is this like a free money glitch for doing nothing? Just bundle a few free images, buy them at a reasonable price (not $80k/year) or tell your company photographer to take them.

Also how often do you see a screensaver on a TV: Short answer almost never because a) you're watching stuff or b) you turn the device off

Also who buys this Roku trash in the first place? Apple users? Just plugin a laptop/PC via HDMI & Co or slap some Android/Linux TV device/Raspberry with Kodi behind the TV.

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[–] rounding_error@lemmy.today 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Also who buys this Roku trash in the first place? Apple users? Just plugin a laptop/PC via HDMI & Co or slap some Android/Linux TV device/Raspberry with Kodi behind the TV.

Another lemmy user overestimating people's tech-savviness

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

overestimating people's tech-savviness

> Be literally too stupid to setup your TV
> TV removes your screensaver
> TV spys on you
> TV steals your soul
> Best I can do is cry around on social media

0 pity for those self harming people

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[–] Amelia42@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Seriously! My wife is SO stupid! She can't even setup a TV to connect to a computer. I can't believe she refuses to learn how technology works after her 12 hour shifts at the hospital. Why are some people so focused on anything other than learning technology and then maintaining a setup that companies actively try to make more difficult to use? What a mindless consumer! /s

Seriously an immature take. I think its easy, and am happy to do it for her. Not everyone has that privilege, and they should be able to complain online about anti-consumer practices without the friendly fire.

eta: also, SELF-harming?? Pretty obvious the harm is coming directly from companies. If companies are going to say they "want to maintain a relationship with our customers", we can at least acknowledge that it's an abusive one and not victim blame lol

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[–] angband@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was in a meeting recently and the smart tv had a screensaver showing a 1950's-esque street scene sidescrolling and showing what looked like at least one text ad in the bacground.

The new OOB experience.

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