Yeah… I’ve been evaluating moving to Plex or Jellyfin.
Kinda getting done with a lot of this smart stuff. The Monopolies are flexing and I don’t enjoy it.
Comment on Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV
SharkAttak@kbin.social 7 months ago
tl;dr never buy anything Roku, ever again. Got it.
APassenger@lemmy.world 7 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Just do it. I ripped our DVDs and put them on my NAS with minidlna configured, and I can now stream my stuff directly to my TV through the “Photos and Videos” app. My other TV has a Raspberry Pi running Kodi, so if my next TV doesn’t support dlna, I’ll just do that.
Screw all of these companies and their predatory practices.
quaddo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jeff Geerling discusses having done the same, in one of his videos.
bpev@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fwiw, this was also on HN yesterday. Never tried it myself, though:
ours@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Do it, it’s great. The NVidia Shield is a great client for it but is getting more and more adds on the homescreen. The are alternative loaders without the add you can put on it.
Threeme2189@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’ve got it the other way around. Roku sell their TVs at a loss. Buy one, use it as a dumb screen and help them go bankrupt faster.
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Roku has patented a way to ensure I don’t buy their junk.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Roku about to patent a way to make you buy their junk.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Just imagine they work out a deal with every consumer TV manufacturer to put this on everything.