I think our parent’s generation (or maybe their parents’?) would have said something like “There ought to be a law!” but we don’t say that because we don’t expect anyone in office will ever help us. Hm.
Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time
Submitted 6 months ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
RustyEarthfire@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This seems entirely opposite to my observation. I’d say Biden and his administration are unusually focused on unfair or annoying business practices. In just the past two weeks the Biden administration:
- Set clear rules requiring cash refunds for flight delays
- Banned non-compete clauses
- Set new rules on “junk fees” for credit cards
- Increased the minimum salary for overtime exemption
- Expanded fiduciary duty to retirement "advisors"
- Announced a lawsuit against Live Nation (TicketMaster)
- Re-instated net neutrality
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Oh man, don’t stop, what about two weeks prior to that? And two weeks before that? I bet we must be living in a consumer utopia with the pace of the last two weeks, surely applied to the last 3 years, right? right?
negativenull@lemmy.world 6 months ago
For RaspberryPI/Adguard:
Custom block rule
(ads|logs|cloudservices).roku.com$JDPoZ@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thread MVP ^
njm1314@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Man Roku’s just getting worse and worse. I used to love my Roku years ago. Thought it was crazy I would have a fire stick because Roku was so much better. Those days are gone. Well mostly I still hate Fire Sticks.
aard@kyu.de 6 months ago
Roku always was a company with great engineers and shitty money grabbing management. The new user creation always requested data not necessary for basic operation.
Plopp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Roku always was a company with great engineers and shitty money grabbing management.
So, like most companies then?
jackal@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Can you block these by adding Pi-Hole? I’m so tired of enshittification.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Last time I had a Roku you could block the static home screen ads. So as long as they don’t start serving these from the same domain as something you need for the box to work right or start hard coding a different DNS server into the OS that won’t respect your local network settings it will probably keep working.
But if they are not doing one of the above to get around DNS adblockers yet, they will eventually in the name of those sweet sweet ad dollars. Best to just start planning an exit from Roku products if you care about such things.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months ago
If this shit keeps going, soon my car is going to be homemade out of 2x4s and a backyard-forged 2 stroke engine, while I try to turn sand into chips so I can stay connected to the Internet...
AnAnonymous@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Better alternative, stop buying Roku products…
el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
And do what instead? Serious question as I’m about to buy my 2nd roku product
Lexam@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I factory reset my roku TV and now keep it offline. I have a laptop with Ubuntu hooked up to it.
blackwateropeth@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Same, im gunna hook up a pi5 to it soon. Crazy how much faster the Roku UI is when it’s not bloated with all that crap
catalog3115@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Roku went to shit long back
Bell@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sigh, time to sell my Roku stock
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I’m not shocked, but I am disappointed.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You bought an ad supported device.
simplejack@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I can’t believe the company that puts ads on the remote would do this to me.
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
Time for Roku refugees to join us in Jellyfin.
kaitco@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, but I’ve been using the Jellyfin app on the Roku for my older “dumb” TVs, so I’m just fracked at this point.
That said, the webOS Jellyfin app is finally available for all webOS TVs, so at least I can go straight to JF on one TV.
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
Nice, I’m fairly new to it. I just setup my server this week. Not sure what I’ll use to cast it, probably my steamdeck, already has a remote in the form of a steam controller so it works great.
MostlyGibberish@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Related question: what’s everyone using to stream from their Jellyfin server these days?
I have a shield pro, but it’s definitely starting to age, and with Nvidia neglecting it for years and finally ending support, I don’t think I’ll be getting a new one. My TV OS doesn’t have an app without side loading, and even if it did, I don’t think I’d want to use it.
crossover@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I posted this elsewhere in the thread, but…AppleTV with the Infuse app.
I tried a bunch of different media boxes and HTPC options over the year. But this is by far the best setup in my experience.
stembolts@programming.dev 6 months ago
Tbh I’ll probably use a steam deck if it works as a client. For server, I def need something better, I’m using a laptop from 2010 era lol.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 6 months ago
What do you mean neglected for years?
It’s time for something new, yes. It’s been nearly 10 years since the first release. But I wouldn’t say it has been neglected.
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I just recently got that forced arbitration agreement from them. In response I got out an old Odroid N2+ I had laying around, installed Android TV, installed SmartTube, and never looked back. My only gripe is I have a Nebula subscription and the Nebula app that runs on Android TV is like a damn phone app. It starts with the phone aspect ratio and it expects me to use a touchscreen. It’s annoying. If anyone has a solution to this Nebula problem then I would be most appreciative.
c0smokram3r@midwest.social 6 months ago
Any thoughts on an alternative device to stream through Plex? I have an LG tv I guess I can use 🤷🏼♀️
crossover@lemmy.world 6 months ago
AppleTV with the Infuse app.
Blows everything else away.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why Infuse and not the native Plex app?
ChillPill@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The apple tv looks good. But can I put software of my choosing on it and will I be able to do everything on the apple tv if I dont have other apple devices?
OwlPaste@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Plex user here, you install app on your receiver (tv/tablet/phone/whatever) and if you so desire you can host local content. Not used it as a home screen though, as i avoid paid players.
neuroneiro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve had the displeasure of using a Roku TV while put up by insurance since a truck drove into our garage in January, after a couple hotel stays.
I’m sure it’s a few years old but there can’t be more than 8mb.
StV2@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The software is so bloated and sluggish on mine
I really wish software developers were actually allowed to ship decent firmware for stuff rather than just running a gigantic bloated os to effectively just decode and display video
applepie@kbin.social 6 months ago
wish software developers were actually allowed to ship decent firmware
huh funny i thought the talent were in charge...
Lemonparty@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It blows my mind how slow mine is now. I don’t even use the UI really, I only switch between ps5 and my shield tv, but that switch takes SO LONG
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Fork
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 6 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The news highlights Roku’s growing focus on advertising and an alarming trend in the streaming industry that sees ads increasingly forced on viewers.
Wood’s comments didn’t address the expected impact on the Roku user experience or whether the company thinks this might turn people off its platform.
Our business remains well positioned to capture the billions of dollars in traditional TV ad budgets that will shift to streaming," an April 25 letter to shareholders [PDF] authored by Wood and Roku CFO Dan Jedda reads.
For example, an Accenture survey of 6,000 “global consumers” noted by The Streamable found that 52.2 percent of participants thought that streaming platform-recommended content “did not match their interests.”
Similarly, an October TiVo survey of 4,500 viewers in the US and Canada ranked “streaming apps / home screen / carousel ads” as the fourth most popular method of content discovery, after word of mouth, commercials aired during other shows, and social media.
While Roku is a budget brand associated with more affordable TVs and streaming devices, excessive ads could make people reconsider the true price of these savings.
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nul9o9@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It was my favorite UI between firestick, android tv, and roku. I’m seriously bummed out by what they’ve been doing.
Last time I asked it seemed like open source streaming box OS’s aren’t a tbing.
DaGeek247@fedia.io 6 months ago
There's at least one for sale; https://osmc.tv/vero/
LesserAbe@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Stupid question, but am I right in thinking that osmc won’t support streaming services like Netflix/Hulu/Max?
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 months ago
I thought it was nifty with a sharp UI. I provided feedback on multiple occasions not to degrade their own platform, which I’m sure were read by nobody. But still, it’s a shame.
Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Librelec?
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am living that dream right now and it’s pretty sweet. Personal photo screensaver, integration with my control platform, can run some emulators. And add-ons for some services.
I can’t get prime video to work but that’s not terrible, I do wanna watch fallout though.
I need to figure out a way to dual boot to Blissos easily on the fly