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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad
(arstechnica.com)
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Great, I got rid of Amazon fire stick after they stuck ads in movies and got a Roku.
Now I'll have to switch again or start pirating. Another loss for civilization
Worst part are the psychopath lawyer trolls acting like we're violent criminals just for non-voilently CLICKING A DOWNLOAD link. So glad that Sony lawsuit they sunk major cash into failed.
Used a fire TV stick for a long time but multiple factors made me finally switch to an Nvidia shield.
Worked great for a year and then an OS updated made the home screen 60% ads, especially those that started to play with sound when I was on them for like 2 milliseconds. Installed projectify on it and now I only see what I want to see.
It is always disturbing to me how much ads I see when I am using someone else's system, because I banned everything at home.