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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)
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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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[–] 9 points 2 years ago

If someone, let's say, happened to own a Roku TV and a NAS full of some sort of DRM-free video content ripped from home-video media they legitimately own and have legally format-shifted and backed up, to watch their stuff they'd still have to wade through Roku's enshittifying home screen to access the appropriate media player.

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