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flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

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“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

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flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.
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    Im literally willing to ditch the device and cancel all streaming services because of this. When I turn on my TV I don’t want to be forced to consume ads when I haven’t been provided with anything in return.

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      I just block all ads at the router level. When looking through the most blocked domains I see a lot from Roku.

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        How do you do that?

      • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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        Im not very computer savvy and currently only have a tablet and a mac mini from 2008.

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          If you’re not tech savy, how do you row row row your bot???

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            Gently down the byte stream

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      Get an Nvidia Shield Pro and disconnect your TV from the internet.

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        Or spend less money and get a brand new Apple TV 4K

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          Does your Apple TV stream Atmos? TrueHD? I don’t think so…

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        My tv is dumb. The roku is the device that connects to the internet.

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        When was the last time they even refreshed the hardware? Kinda hard to justify a $200 streaming box that runs Google services on 6 year old mobile hardware.

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          About 10 years old actually. It’s the TI-83 of streaming boxes at this point: an absolute fucking rip-off. Pretty on-brand for Nvidia though.

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          Blame the rest of the market for being shit - Shield pro is still the best box on the market for streaming HD video with HD audio.

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