alt Hacker News> It would be very easy to deliver ads via electricity. The utility could require you watch an ad before using more.
That does not sound very easy to me. That sounds barely possible.
> It would be very easy to deliver ads via electricity. The utility could require you watch an ad before using more.
That does not sound very easy to me. That sounds barely possible.
It's trivial
Lots of poor people have in residence electricity boxes that require prepayment for usage. In the olden days you put a coin in to turn on the power, but nowadays they have apps and digital payment solutions!
They might already have ads in those apps...