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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
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Buy one or more NVIDIA Shield Pro 2019 editions for whatever TV (and make sure whatever brand TV you use is itself completely disconnected from the internet) you like watching things on.
Replace the built-in NVIDIA / Google Launcher with a custom one like WOLF or FLauncher completely free of ads.
There are completely ad-free wonderful little alternatives to every ever-enshittifying service out there...
~~YouTube~~ - > SmartTube Next
~~Subscription Streaming Services~~ - > Plex (or Jellyfin if you're just doing local and no special devices that need transcoding)
~~Twitch~~ -> S0undTV
...Any other steps there may or may not be are for you to figure out on your own.
I dont have ads on my Nvidia shield but I never updated it either.