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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)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not with pihole I wont.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, but 1/3 of your screen will be empty real estate.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'd rather have blank space than ads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Of course. I did the same thing until my OCD got the better of me and I got an AndroidTV device with a custom launcher, as well as an AppleTV4K. I love having no ads and no blank spaces now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This posted prompted my to set up pihole. My blank space has a big "not connected to the internet," although all the services work.

Unfortunately, they also disabled accessibility settings, so I can't remap buttons or add another launcher.

This is my last Google TV. Are there any other options?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

From what I gather, making your own little "media PC" connected to a "dumb TV" or never-connected "smart PC" can give you a similar if not better experience!

KDE has a big TV style desktop environment they've made for TVs now, and you can use KDE connect to use any phone as a remote control.

Completely open source! Wee!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

“Not connected to the internet” lol. How presumptuous of the designers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If it’s a Google TV you can always install a custom launcher and even disable the stock launcher via ADB and never be bothered by any of the curated bullshit again

My recommendation is FLauncher