Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay later’ feature for Edge

Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by WalterBright on Friday November 26, 2021 @08:24PM (#29356220)

> My expensive TV has banner ads in the menus

Mine doesn't, because I don't plug it into the intertoobs. (I use a Roku box.)

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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by cpeterso on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:50PM (#29356837)

My Roku shows ads on its home screen. Do you have an older model?

Even my Roku remote control has ads: the Netflix, Disney, Hulu, and Sling shortcut buttons that can’t be reprogrammed.

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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by xiphias2 on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:25PM (#29357075)

They are not clearly ads, for most people they are features. As I’m visiting lots of hotels, my main criteria for watching TV there is if there’s a Netflix button or not on the remote.

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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by perryizgr8 on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:03PM (#29356533)

I read somewhere that roku makes more money by selling user data than they do by selling hardware.

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Re:Microsoft pushes ahead with controversial ‘buy now, pay l... by DrammBA on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:14PM (#29356602)

Wasn't that Vizio? Probably all of them are making more money selling data...

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