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[–] ripcord@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] snowe@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Roku has tons of Home Screen ads what are you talking about? It was so bad I spent about 5 minutes using it until I went and bought an Apple TV.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Are you talking about the static city scape that scrolls while occasionally showing still ads every once in a while? That doesn't feel like the same thing at all. Of course I haven't used my Roku since I hooked up a PS5 so maybe they've made it worse.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

We were talking about Fullscreen are that you have to skip or watch, which they don't have (at least not for me)

There's some ad on the home screen I agree I don't want but it's nowhere near as annoying as on Android TV or FireTV. Mostly it just stays out of my way and lets me do things, and that's it.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Until recently, yeah. Recently, my Roku TV is forcing me to interact with an ad (express interest or disinterest) before I can even launch an app.

[–] bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds like something that should be illegal. You bought the screen. It belongs to you.

Can you root the TV and be rid of that horrible functionality?

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Dunno, I'm too lazy.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a bunch of Rokus and never seen that. That sucks

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Hopefully it's some sort of A/B testing that you'll never see.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed, though it still doesn't have a web browser.