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“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen (arstechnica.com)

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[–] Tantheiel@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (6 children)

So glad I blocked my TVs access to the Internet at the router level. Never complainrd about not setting up a network if the network doesn't work.

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[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Why even connect the tv to your local network?

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[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago

Casting, using your phone for a remote, so the popup for connecting goes away

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

What a goofy thing to ask. You know exactly why people use smart TVs on the Internet.

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[–] Tantheiel@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I used Netflix on my TV but after the password sharing and other issues I choose to block network access.

Most of my Internet is done on my computer.

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[–] Toribor@corndog.social 2 points 2 years ago

Wake on LAN. At least that's what I do. I can turn on the TV and adjust the volume from Home Assistant but the TV itself can't reach the Internet.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

When my girlfriend moved in, she had a big TCL Roku TV its software absolutely sucks. But it would keep a blinking led on ALL THE TIME if it wasn't connected to wifi.

I put it on my iot network, and I'm considering null routing it.

I actually had a Roku box plugged into it since it had a better experience, but I'm probably going to switch that to a Nvidia shield pro because of this ad bullshit.

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