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Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by hinkley on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:32PM (#24630617)
There's a practically throw-away line in Ready Player One where the Bad Guy says, "And research has found that we can cover 49% of the screen before our customers begin to experience seizures."

Yep, sounds about right.

Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by reaperducer on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:37PM (#24630677)
Sounds like Blipverts in Max Headroom.
Re:Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads by hinkley on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:26PM (#24631250)
Given that the story is full of 80's nerd culture references, that's probably not an accident, although they may have made it a little too subtle.