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.
  • machinin@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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?

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      10 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!

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      10 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