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Hey Amazon, I was a HUGE advocate for you. I help setup countless older family/friends devices for them. I told them that FireTVs were the devices to have.

I have moved 100% to roku. The reason for this that you’re UI is ads 1st and apps 2nd. If you’re redesigning I beg and plead that you take a good look at what Roku is going right. You could do it better and fully whip them out (I hope not because competition is good).

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digger@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’m with you Tandy. The ads on Roku are very reasonable. The question is then, how long before it goes to sh*t?

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jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I’ve used an adblocker to block the ad that takes up 1/3 of the homescreen on Roku, but even then, it turns into a huge empty frame. ⍨

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- Tandybaum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Pihole?
  
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  - jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Pinhole, NextDNS, a variety of things over the years.
    
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Roku devices are packed with ads, too.

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- Tandybaum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I acknowledge that these devices are subsidized by ads. However, roku shows you ads but they are off to the side and don’t impact the experience of using the device.
  
  FireTV devices are so aggressive with their ads and terrible UI that I’m fully off them (I actually still have 1).
  
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