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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 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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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[–] thantik 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

LOL "Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads" my ass. Every. Fucking. Menu. Had that shit.

That's why I stuck with Google TV/Nexus TV for so long - because despite Google collecting that viewing info, I wasn't getting feature-length ads interrupting my shit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm not using all of Roku's features but the only ad I see is the one box on the right of the homescreen. To me that's much less intrusive than the full screen stuff I see on Google TV or Fire Stick.

[–] thantik 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah, GTV and Fire Stick have become awful for sure - On the lookout for alternatives to all 3 at this point. I shouldn't have to run a pihole just to connect to my jellyfin instance.

[–] ripcord 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I've seen ads on one screen and that's it. Static ads for shows on the initial home page, nowhere else. Have 5 Rokus and have been using them for a decade.

Oh. Also I guess they started advertising shows in some of the screensavers, too.

[–] ultranaut 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I blocked it with nextdns, my Roku shows no ads at all. Instead there's just a blank space where the ads would be, which is so much better and less obnoxious.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How do you set the Roku's DNS server?

[–] ultranaut 2 points 8 months ago

You don't have to, nextdns on my router handles the Roku.