…and it’s not just entertainment ads either

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.
  • Poggervania@kbin.social
    16·
    7 months ago

    For those with Roku TVs or any of their products, I found that a PiHole blocks the ads on the home screen so far. Hoping I could pick up an ONN box in the future so I can just not deal with this shit lol.

    • SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, DNS blocking is quite effective for not just ads, but also telemetry on Roku.

      Personally, I use nextdns until I can can a good pihole setup going.

      • NovaPrime@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        You can comfortably run pihole, unbound, and a VPN like wireguard on a pi zero or zero 2. You can find entire zero 2 kits for under $35 if you’re patient

        • SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          Very true. Mostly just haven’t had the time. Also want to set up a little home server to play around with Proxmox and move Jellyfin off my main PC.

    • Fixbeat@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      I use roku…I might have to try a pihole…or switch to something else. Damn shame just about everything gets ruined by greed.