▲ 644 ▼ Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 months ago by commander@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 204 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago (5 children) does the UI just render blank squares in that case? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 3 months ago Yes. It's obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent [–] andyburke@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago I think it hides the big ad area if it can't get the data, but I haven't used my Roku outside of the setup in so long I don't know what the UI would look like. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago I've done this on VIDAA (Hisense) and there's a placeholder for the homescreen ads that just say "VIDAA". permalink fedilink source parent [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago In some cases. There is a blank square on the main menu. The idle screen also normally had an ad. The idle screen looks like a scrolling cartoon panoramic shot of a street, and the ad is a billboard on the side of the street. That billboard simply isn’t there at all if the ad is blocked. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago On my parent's it doesnt render anything at all. Just shows the wallpaper. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 3 months ago Yes. It's obnoxious. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andyburke@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago I think it hides the big ad area if it can't get the data, but I haven't used my Roku outside of the setup in so long I don't know what the UI would look like. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago I've done this on VIDAA (Hisense) and there's a placeholder for the homescreen ads that just say "VIDAA". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago In some cases. There is a blank square on the main menu. The idle screen also normally had an ad. The idle screen looks like a scrolling cartoon panoramic shot of a street, and the ad is a billboard on the side of the street. That billboard simply isn’t there at all if the ad is blocked. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago On my parent's it doesnt render anything at all. Just shows the wallpaper. permalink fedilink source parent