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Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads.

  • Roku will be adding more ads to the home screens of its devices and TVs in the near future.
  • The ads will be interactive and 'shoppable' and will cover a range of industries, including restaurants and cars.
  • Roku already has a significant amount of ads on its home screen, and it is unclear if users will be able to change their preferences for the new ads.
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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Y'know what I love most about the high sea, matey? She never gets enshittified.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

If someone, let's say, happened to own a Roku TV and a NAS full of some sort of DRM-free video content ripped from home-video media they legitimately own and have legally format-shifted and backed up, to watch their stuff they'd still have to wade through Roku's enshittifying home screen to access the appropriate media player.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

How do i pirate an ad free tv

[–] Sendbeer@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pihole helps. If you have androidtv you can setup a custom launcher and avoid it on your interface.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

I will have to see about getting pihole on truenas core. It has a preconfigured adguard thingy but I didn'tblike it.