Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Chromecast with Google TV is now serving full-screen, auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
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Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

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There are apps that circumvent DNS blocking. They hard code the DNS server into the app, so instead of making requests to your set DNS, they make them directly to, say, Google's DNS (8.8.8.8)

Yeah, that is why I find it amazing that it works for some apps.

Honestly, I'm surprised it works too, especially for apps like the launcher. I guess we can thank the engineers for taking the easy route

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