What a coincidence; I’ve been seeing no roku laetely
I’ve always said I want to see more commercials made by people who have no idea what they’re doing and with near zero oversight for quality or taste.
my roku TV can’t talk to the internet anymore because it was foolish enough to show me a banner ad while I was gaming
its a dumb TV now 🥰💕
good luck. recent update blocks all apps from loading unless you have their most recent ads. I let one sit for four hours before I gave up.
now looking at replacing all my rokus(6) with Linux.
what updates? this TV can’t use internet.
at all.
it can’t GET updates.
I’m surprised you could even use it. I did that and after a year or so the apps could no longer use the APIs for my self-hosted stuff, which was routinely updated/maintained.
all inputs are just run through hdmi. and I don’t use any internet based services on the device at all.
its basically the same as a computer monitor. as all my media is on computers now.
Roku can suck it.
I don’t want to see Roku anymore.
That sucks. People already have to pay to get rid of ads on streaming services last I remember. I wish companies would stop aggressively showing ads everywhere.
I pay extra for paramount+ ad free version and they still show me periodic ads. Its infuriating. And they are much louder than the show content, as a cherry on top. What an awful service.
I think I will start buying mini PCs with Linux starting next year!!! :-)
I bought an external hard drive and downloaded all my sons media on it. No more commercials and no more pushed content
I’m about to be seeing a lot less Roku…
They know they’re entirely replaceable right? Like the Amazon fire tv, apple tv, Chromecast… Making their platform shittier really shouldn’t be their top priority if they want to stay in business.
But the masses have shown that they won’t do anything about it, despite caring and being annoyed.
Have they? Is Roku dominant in this market?
I still use a Roku that was gifted to me, but only thanks to also having a pihole. The amount of logging & ads it blocks on the Roku is insane. If that ever stopped working I would ditch the Roku in a heartbeat.
On the plus side, AI will make the obnoxious ad goblin career track less profitable now. So, good news.
Man it must be rough out there for regular people that put up with that kind of bullshit.
This just made me realise… with AI-generated videos, ads could be tailor-made for you. Could even feature you on it.
“This company is too cheap to pay someone for a proper advertisement.”
Using AI like this seems like a counter productive way to build brand awareness.
Odroid with Lineage OS instead of Roku
Is there a good way to set it up with a remote?
