In this era of easy ad skipping with TiVo-like video recorders, could television viewers one day be forced to watch commercials with a system that prevents channel switching?
Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology that could let broadcasters freeze a channel during a commercial, so viewers wouldn’t be able to avoid it.
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You WILL buy another brand of television.
You WILL turn the television off (or at least close your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and go “Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah-nyah, I can’t hear you”).
“Ve haf vays of making you vatch!!!”
NB: 4/20 happens to be Hitler’s birthday. Coincidence? Hmm…