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Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by ShamelessC on Monday March 23, 2020 @03:34PM (#22667846)
Can you explain why this is? For me the exact opposite is true. I would absolutely rather see relevant information to the business I'm currently in displayed than something else.

In particular for bars and restaurants, this works really well to turn annoying commercials into a useful feed of info for customers.

Re:Launch HN: Taiv (YC W20) – Replace TV commercials with co... by subpixel on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:18PM (#22670428)
TV in a bar is already an annoyance unless “the big game” is on. Interrupting an annoyance with an intrusion (“hey if you don’t buy these wings you’re practically losing money!”) just won’t engender good will.

I’m not implying this won’t work at all. But not in bars where it wouldn’t already be acceptable to have screens for gambling, OTB or whatever. Unless I am wrong, but I consider myself something of a bar aficionado.