nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 个月前Roku wants to patent the ability to display ads when consoles connected to its TVs are pausedwww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down14
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-linkRoku wants to patent the ability to display ads when consoles connected to its TVs are pausedwww.videogameschronicle.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 10 个月前message-square20fedilink
minus-squaremaquise@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78arrow-down1·10 个月前Yes, patent it. Then nobody else can do it!
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·10 个月前Nah, they’ll sell the licensing rights for others to do it.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 个月前Yeah that’s best case scenario at this point. But after they forced users to agree to a new agreement with their remote control or no longer be able to use their Roku/TV I sort of doubt they have our best interests in mind.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 个月前Suddenly lifetime patents seem not so bad
Yes, patent it. Then nobody else can do it!
Nah, they’ll sell the licensing rights for others to do it.
Yeah that’s best case scenario at this point. But after they forced users to agree to a new agreement with their remote control or no longer be able to use their Roku/TV I sort of doubt they have our best interests in mind.
Suddenly lifetime patents seem not so bad