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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

But you're not preventing them from showing the ad if your TV is open while it's running, so no it's not the same, what you're talking about would be you doing the same for ads on YouTube (going to pee while they're playing) instead of stopping them from playing altogether.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

I DVR the game. Later that night I come home to watch. Oh it's commercial time, I guess I'll just fast forward 2 minutes.

Peter pan and tinkerbell float through my window. They capture me and tie me up. They shout at me, "Watching ad-supported media without watching the ads is a crime you monster!" as they hold my eyes open while ad after ad replay on the tv. Crime like this isn't worth it folks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Actually think that's a rather apt description. Entertainment companies already went after Dish when they had an "AutoHop" commercial feature which included basically a streaming server from your home it would download and be accessible through (link). Kinda interesting because I didn't know Dish was thinking ahead and had a pre-setup package for people wanting to remote stream home content.

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