Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

• AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So, I use regex to block all Roku domains on my network via pihole:

  (ads|logs|cloudservices|image|images|web|prod.mobile|wwwimg|captive|customer-feedbacks|amoeba|amoeba2|sr|giga.sb|cs).roku(.admeasurement)*.com$

  Then, possibly overkill due to the above, I used OpnSense firewall rules to block all traffic from my Roku tv. I think I just got fed up with seeing Roku spam in my pihole, as the above regex seems to completely “break” Roku.

  After that, I set up FLauncher (following the method #2 instructions on the gitlab page) on my shield. This makes it so I only see the Roku launcher for a few seconds while the shield starts up, and then I’m dropped straight into flauncher. I chose flauncher because it’s very simple and barebones, so you might want to explore other options if you want more advanced features. I don’t really need those features since I’m usually using an app anyway.

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shoutout to the PiHole team!

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  • amphy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Had no idea FLauncher existed. Thank you so much

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  • dugmeup@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks! I have nothing brand new as I am le poor :)

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