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AVincentInSpace ,

I cannot help but notice that Elijah just outed himself as a brony

NutWrench ,
@NutWrench@lemmy.world avatar

Being able to touch type an on-screen keyboard with your eyes would be amazing, but we all know the real reason for this invention would be to make sure you’re watching the ads.

brbposting OP ,

Oh eye tracking is coming!

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/26e0ba56-b45e-4036-b89e-3fcb0742fc30.jpeg

Railison ,

YouTube awareness ads some dystopian black mirror shit

dellish ,

I’m really hoping Quiet Game is a Bluey reference.

Xavienth ,

Have people never heard of the quiet game outside of an Australian cartoon?

FiskFisk33 ,

I played that game as a kid, back when some of the now bluey staff probably did the same.

Vitaly ,
@Vitaly@feddit.uk avatar

Text counter was the saddest 😭

Metz ,

This “saved as” idea is actually brilliant.

Ghoelian ,

This is already a thing, on my pixel at least. There’s a “file as” input if I expand all fields of a contact.

Beeps ,

I think in this concept it’s showing what the other person has YOUR name saved as.

MountingSuspicion ,

I think it is showing what you are saved as in the other persons phone. There are ones where the guy presumably saved a girls number but she didn’t bother to save his and another where the girl saved him as do not answer. I think the point is so you can see how the other person views you. These are mostly joke features and the feature you mentioned is pretty standard now.

Ghoelian ,

Ahh that does make more sense. I thought it was just showing a sort of alias besides the real name.

SeekPie ,

Do not answer

lol

mydoomlessaccount ,

Keith has mad balls using a picture of Simu Liu on his dating profile

brbposting OP ,

Ah Canadian Marvel actor huh

Aeri ,
@Aeri@lemmy.world avatar

The text message thing, quiet uber option and with consent, saved as thing, would be neat.

Cysioland ,
@Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml avatar

Uber quiet option over here is just Comfort, you select the AC temperature and amount of talking before the ride

hydroptic ,

I’m actually somewhat surprised that “smart” TVs and phones don’t already have attention-aware ads

MegaUltraChicken ,

Oh Sony is all over it, here’s one of the diagrams of their patent.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/975fc799-1aa1-432b-a2ee-fb0c179dafc7.png

MrSoup ,

Did Sony used “MacDonald’s” brand in a patent diagram? Can you link the source?

MegaUltraChicken ,

Yeah absolutely, here’s the filing:

patents.google.com/patent/US8246454?oq=8246454

jballs ,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

I would destroy my television and burn the house down before I yell McDonald’s to keep watching something.

elvith ,

Please drink verification can to continue destroying your TV

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

From like 15 years ago. If they were gonna do it they would have done it by now.

MegaUltraChicken ,

I mean, Telly is giving away TVs that have a camera and second screen to play ads. Sony might not think they could get away with it a decade ago, but consumers seem to slowly accept more bullshit over time so I could definitely see their calculus changing in the future.

brbposting OP ,

Oh it has a second screen… have to answer ~100 questions about your viewing habits to get it… so they must only ship to likely profitable demographics. Yeah pretty much hate it :D

MegaUltraChicken ,

Yeah it’s awful, I really hope they fail but I’m not entirely sure they will. Most people who sign up are probably pretty good advertising targets.

hydroptic , (edited )

But they haven’t released a TV with that feature yet though, and if I remember right that patent’s fairly old – something like 10–15 years.

Wonder what’s kept them from actually doing it. Maybe even Sony suits understood it’d be a fucking disaster from a marketing perspective?

Edit: the patent was filed in 2009

MegaUltraChicken ,

Honestly I think it’s just a shit idea. Only way I could see it flying is if you heavily (or completely) subsidized the cost of the television. There’s already a company giving away free ad supported TVs.

www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKE…

hydroptic ,

Oh yeah it’s obviously a shit idea, but that generally doesn’t stop executives when they think there’s money to be made – considering how eg. YouTube’s trying to stop you from blocking ads and will apparently start showing ads when videos are paused, requiring attention seems like a logical next step to drive that CPM up to fund the CEO’s new yacht

brbposting OP ,

This doesn’t end well

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/768a7abf-8639-4a72-9913-f9c28e964157.jpeg

0x2d ,

ive been wondering for a while how hackable the telly is

Jakdracula ,
@Jakdracula@lemmy.world avatar

Came here to post that too.

Gork ,

If you don’t say it, the commercial never ends

Nath ,
@Nath@aussie.zone avatar

There is nothing that I want to watch badly enough that I would put up with this behavior.

darthelmet ,

It’s crazy that this is real. It looks like a comic someone would make to make fun of the idea. Like the fact that they’re watching some guy shoot someone, then the burger commercial comes on and the guy stands up and cheers “McDonalds!” Before sitting back down to watch more of guy shooting other guy.

This is peak “dumb Americans” humor, and they’re using this unironically to describe their business idea.

Zerush ,
@Zerush@lemmy.ml avatar

Always was, welcome to capitalism

Purplexingg ,

Something tells me you haven’t drank your daily verification can of mtn dew

SoleInvictus ,

Gary M. Zalewski is listed as the inventor. He is listed on 99 patents, several of which are related to increasing advertising proliferation and penetration. He’s basically a driver of enshittification. My favorite was “System and method for taking control of a system during a commercial break”. Can’t have the plebs changing channels!

I looked him up on LinkedIn and he looks exactly like you’d imagine. Fuck you, Gary. Fuck you.

Lekip ,

Kneel before your McGod

Kneel before your McGod

FiskFisk33 ,

wait what the fuck this is actually real

brbposting OP ,

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/810dda9c-f9d2-47b3-a330-db9495df26ec.jpeg

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