@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoRoku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TVarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down112
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•1 year agoThis is burying the lead. It’s not just about showing ads. It is tracking everything you on your TV, whether or not it a roku service
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 year agoLede has a very specific meaning and is seldom used outside of journalism, lead is perfectly acceptable in common vernacular
minus-squareiAmTheTotlinkfedilink5•1 year agoYes, and this was that very specific meaning and was used in the context of journalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 year agoLanguage is meant to convey meaning. You clearly understood the meaning, so the language succeeded. https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-roy-peter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoLmao they already do that. That’s not new. They’ve been snooping on your signals for a while. My parent’s TV sometimes shows a pop-up after watching certain things on antenna/satellite
This is burying the lead. It’s not just about showing ads. It is tracking everything you on your TV, whether or not it a roku service
FYI, it’s “lede”
Oh, I’m stupid
Lede has a very specific meaning and is seldom used outside of journalism, lead is perfectly acceptable in common vernacular
Yes, and this was that very specific meaning and was used in the context of journalism.
Language is meant to convey meaning. You clearly understood the meaning, so the language succeeded.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2019/lead-vs-lede-roy-peter-clark-has-the-definitive-answer-at-last/
Lmao they already do that. That’s not new. They’ve been snooping on your signals for a while. My parent’s TV sometimes shows a pop-up after watching certain things on antenna/satellite
Wtf that’s got to be illegal??