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I don't have a Roku. I own a non-smart TV connected to a mini PC. But for folks that don't want to go through that setup, wouldn't using an adblock DNS block it?
People probably wouldn't like it to have only one product without a single ad. They probably had bug reports about it "my roku doesn't display ads on my smart TV, does that mean that it's broken?".
I know its possible to jail break a roku, but is there a follow up to remove ads after doing so?
Really sick of it. Though I need to get a pi-hole set up anyways
I ordered the original one, before it was ad subsidized, and they pushed an "updating" adding them to the ad-free device I paid many times the current price for.
After that I considered them a total loss.
Are they ads for thing to pirate....?
I like my Chromecast setup. I remapped the Netflix button to Plex, so I push that button on the remote and the TV turns on and goes straight to plex. The Google TV UI is “meh” at best, and also full of ads, so I avoid it.
Roku just keeps getting worse and worse. It is highly inadvisable to connect a smart TV to the internet, a separate streaming box is the way to go. If Apple TV/Chromecast/whatever completely goes to shit, one can simply get something else.
You can load a different launcher onto a googleTV to get rid of the ads