It’s not in the chrome store, but Ad Nauseum. Between that and using the Vivaldi browser, I haven’t seen an ad on my desktop in literal years

https://adnauseam.io/

I have a Roku TV right now. Most of the ads aren’t too bad compared to the Fire tv, but you still get the obnoxious ones that take over the top third of the screen… BUT it’s probably the least aggressive of the ads I’ve seen from different devices, so…

I’m not much of a sportsball person, but I’ll keep that in the back of my mind anyways! Thanks!

Okay awesome! Thank you again! One last question… Is the setup you linked possible to do from an Android phone, for at least a little while? It’ll take a few months before I can pick up the Onn device, and brain demands this now, knowing there’s a way forward lol

Okay, awesome! I’ll look into this further! Thanks!

I don’t have an iPhone, or any other Apple devices aside from the two TV boxes, unfortunately. This house is a purely Linux/Android house lol That said, I definitely appreciate all this info, and may go digging for an android alternative, so this gives me an idea of what direction I can go in!

Awesome! Thank you for this! I only have a basic understanding of how IPTV even works, so the explanation even on its own is useful AF and gives me some avenues

Awesome suggestion! Only issue is… The gen 3 doesn’t have any app store or way (that I know of) of downloading anything new to the device. It’s kinda gotta go through some hacky method like hijacking existing apps on the system :/

Edit: unless you’re referring to something like the other guy that mentioned jellyfin is talking about? (Sorry, I just woke up, I’m kinda stupid rn lol)

No, Canadian companies pull the same bullshit too. Consumer protection laws are little more than “agreements” that many companies are directly pulling out of. In particular with grocery stores, if Galen Weston (the owner of the largest family of grocery chains in the country) wants it, it happens. Look into the bread price fixing situation from a few years back. Nothing actually came of it on a legal front, aside from metaphorically smacking the companies on the nose with a rolled up newspaper and being told they’re being bad.

Yeah, there’s definitely ways of tracking people even today. I just don’t really see it working at scale without the customer actively doing something to “opt in” to that kind of tracking system, like loyalty cards, connecting to the wifi, etc. Mind you, I’m just some nerd, so I could be wrong/missing something, but yeah lol

I heard someone call these kinda of people “fence turtles”. Nobody knows how they got up there, they don’t do anything useful, and they’re not likely to come down anytime soon

Big fed energy here… Or you’re 12…

I definitely get what you’re saying, and in any other context, I’d definitely agree. I just can’t quite see it working without some sort of identifying thing, like a loyalty card or some intense customer tracking (and we all know how that went with the Amazon Go stores). Mainly because there’s not a good way to identify a specific item taken from a shelf full of the item, given UPCs are the same for all units of a product so it’d have to be done by cards or tracking.

I could be wrong, but given the current state of tech, I don’t really see it working in a large, busy store like a Walmart or Canadian Tire. At least, not to reliably target individuals. I could see it being used to change prices for everyone, based on time, date, temperatures, and stuff like that, but yeah…

Also, apologies if this doesn’t make full sense. I’m radically under caffeinated right now 😅

I haven’t seen the QR codes linking to the product page yet, but I’ve seen the flashing tags to find stuff, and it’s cool af! Like, yes we may be quickly sliding into a dystopian hellscape, but we can have some cool little things along the way… As, y’know… A treat lol

I agree… Sorta. They can be petty little dickheads sometimes, but I find it’s more often that lack of stimulation. Their smart makes them crave chaos lol

I dated a girl with severe, unmanaged BPD… It led to a LOT of wild arguments over the weirdest things lol

I also recently got into an argument with someone over whether or not Huskies and malamutes misbehave out of spite/revenge, or a lack of mental or physical stimulation…

It’s absolutely a monopoly! But when they directly fund the CRTC, the likelihood of that is next to zero

God, right?! I could fill a bag full of the things nearly every day when I was cleaning before they switched over! I literally had a little bin I’d save them up in to take home to use as kindling for the fire pit cause they’d already been replaced. Though, I think the lack of waste is more a pleasant side effect than a reason why these companies did it. Either way, it’s still a positive!

You won’t even have to worry about fire then!

Cause that’s commie shit! What next? Gonna make us eat bugs?!

/S (I hope it was obvious lol)