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Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)
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[–] 72 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Every day, the reasons to either switch to dumb devices or open-source software keep piling up.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then you have the mainstream user that can't be bothered to even install an adblocker. It is mind-boggling.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    You underestimate how scary it is for them to do anything out or the ordinary. Most "normal people" and I include people like project managers in a tech company, really think things will blow up if they mess with any settings.

    This is why the default browser setting is so valuable.

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