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mrdown@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 day ago

Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad

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    Dunno if all the described changes have gone wide yet, but I’ve not had an ad on my Roku since I set up my pi hole. https://pi-hole.net/

    IIRC I hid/disabled the recommendations row through the Roku settings.

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    Dumb TV for the win, even if the screen is dying with a slight static effect over the image

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    Real-Debrid + Stremio and if you only want anime, just go the route of VPN + Hayase.

    Screw these streaming services making everything more and more expensive meanwhile making it much more shittier for the users.

    • Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Or torrents+jellyfin.

    • halloejsovs@lemmy.world
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      RD took a big hit recently. Now may torrents can’t be played.

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        True but people found workarounds. I have had no issues after the initial wave of the issue.

        If I remember correctly, they are not naming the file to the specific show or movie anymore.

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          Yes, I only have issues converting regular torrents in my specific language. New Mario Bros movie e.g.

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    first google tv, now roku. I hope fire tv stick home screen is still free of this home page with ads

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      Wait what? I tried a fire stick a few years ago and it was plastered with ads worse than anything. Even with the pfblocker ad blocker that kept the Roku clean.

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    Yeah so Kodi right, what are your thoughts?

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      My thoughts: just firewall the shit out of your tv, and change the def launcher.

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