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I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
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this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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I want this, but for the roku box I got as a gift.
Fortunately Roku is still not that bad. 3 rows of items to choose from, select and go.
It basically is a dump app launcher if you go into settings and make it one. Even more so once you use a network adblock to stop the single ad they display on the right.
They overload after a while I find and then often I press the arrow, nothing happens, I press again, it moves twice. Like all smart TVs. Apps take longer and longer to open, etc.
Mine don't do that, they are pretty snappy. But then again, mine are not TV's.
I want to make my TCL Roku Smart TV dumb.