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flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago
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Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.
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    Reasons I turn off WiFi on any TV I buy and use a streaming box

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      Roku will do this on their boxes too.

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        Yeah I don’t get roku boxes lol. I have an nvidia shield pro, and I’m considering loading the lineageOS software on it

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          I got the shield too, it’s amazing. Upgraded from an old Chromecast and it’s night and day, didn’t realize how slow the Chromecast was, even on Ethernet.

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            oh man, hard agree, the shield is the kind of android boxes

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        Roku devices and fire sticks belong in the recycle bin.

        I switched everything to Apple TV .

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          I’m not into the apple walled garden, I use android boxes

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      I was seeing the Moana promo with my Roku streaming stick on a Samsung TV. Didn’t look like an ad exactly tho, just a nice ocean background behind the menu.

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        personally I prefer android streaming boxes, because you can install custom versions of android tv on them, so if the official release from google is bad, you can just go to the community version

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          There any custom versions you can point me to? I’ve been looking for a custom Android OS to install on my Insignia Fire TV.

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