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Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV (arstechnica.com)
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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Companies can use it without much trouble. They just need to licence it

[–] irish_link@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

True. Good point.

I was thinking more along the lines that most companies won’t license something unless they absolutely have to. I should have said not ALL the other company’s will do it.