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

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I recall from the only time I saw there eula, that the reserve the "right" to show you ads. I still remember when they chose to allocate half the screen for constant ads.

[-] sommerset 2 points 4 days ago

Does anyone sell android TV with lineage os and preloaded projectivity launcher?

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