Man it must be rough out there for regular people that put up with that kind of bullshit.
Roku wants you to see a lot more AI-generated ads
Submitted 15 hours ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/lowpass-newsletter/776248/roku-ai-ads
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notannpc@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
goatinspace@feddit.org 10 hours ago
recursive_recursion@piefed.ca 14 hours ago
You're Not Buying a TV; You're Buying a Roku
klu9@piefed.social 13 hours ago
My TV (dumb but attached to a Roku Express) died last month and since then I've been watching on computer + Zen Browser + uBlock Origin, with zero ads.
And noticing that I don't see a single TV for sale in nearby shops that is not a (usually Roku) smart TV, i.e. data surveillance capitalist tool.
GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Instead of looking for a tv, look for a commercial display. They’re basically a computer monitor the size of a TV. Samsung makes a line that we use at work, and the cost is similar to a mid-range TV. They can function completely without internet.
Something like these: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/…/3538895735
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
The funny thing is you can just use an external box and never connect your tv to the internet at all. Let it collect all the data it wants. It’s not like it can tell anybody.
artiman@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Why not librewolf, Firefox has native vertical tabs since Firefox 136
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
That’s why I’m never letting your access the internet, Roku.
You’re the cheapest TV I could find to use as a monitor
Just stay in your line, or else
Also I can’t root Roku 12 ? What in the absolute bullshit is that ? Not root on my own fucking TV ?
richardmtanguay@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
I think I will start buying mini PCs with Linux starting next year!!! :-)
Chivera@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I bought an external hard drive and downloaded all my sons media on it. No more commercials and no more pushed content
paraphrand@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
“This company is too cheap to pay someone for a proper advertisement.”
Using AI like this seems like a counter productive way to build brand awareness.
Somecall_metim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
I want Roku to eat shit.
wshrader@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
Any Android TV OS > Roku. Dumb TV > Roku. Outside > Roku.
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Kinda. I recently got a shield pro to replace my roku. Customization, and no ads are nice, but for what it cost, what a fucking piece of shit. Hard freezee that require unplugging is the main issue, but it also doesn’t respond to remote presses frequently on start up. Takes 30+ seconds sometimes before the remote works.
For more than double the cost it shoukd blow the roku ultra away in every sense. And I shouldn’t have to adb hack it to install a custom launcher.
comador@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Thank you for this. I was setting up to buy an nvidia shield to replace my roku ultras.
FWIW, I have so far tried:
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Onn Google TV 4K: Returned it, freezes constantly.
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Jailbroken AMZ fire stick w/ LineageOS. Buffering issues and wireless issues in general. I still use it, but not my favorite.
So for now it seems my next purchase will be a TiVo Stream 4k android device and if that fails, I may just have to DIY an android Pi system lol.
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whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
I did the same replaced a Roku device with a shield when Roku started doing startup ads. Seems to work fine then won’t respond to remote and needs a reboot, some weird stuff with the VPN too. Should have probably just got a mini form PC instead.
wshrader@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
The ONN devices from Walmart work near-flawless, even the $14 stick. I would recommend starting there.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I’m about to be seeing a lot less Roku…
They know they’re entirely replaceable right? Like the Amazon fire tv, apple tv, Chromecast… Making their platform shittier really shouldn’t be their top priority if they want to stay in business.
QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Roku is so far away from their golden era, why are we still talking about them?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
They subsidize the cheapest TVs
We need to subsidize de-fingering their engineers in responsemuusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
I’m Sure the engineers weren’t crazy about this idea either. The business majors are to blame, not the engineering majors.
yaroto98@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
So long as their ads keep getting blocked my my pi-hole I won’t notice.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
The ad is coming from INSIDE the TV
😱
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I still use a Roku that was gifted to me, but only thanks to also having a pihole. The amount of logging & ads it blocks on the Roku is insane. If that ever stopped working I would ditch the Roku in a heartbeat.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
On the plus side, AI will make the obnoxious ad goblin career track less profitable now. So, good news.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Could be entertaining if somebody accidentally flips the “allow slop machine to make up fake products” switch from off to on.
badbytes@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Roku, was cool.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
I want Roku to fuck all the way off with that plan.
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I’ll be honest… advertising is the one industry I wouldn’t be sad to see get completely cannibalized by AI.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Truth. Before there was at least some sort of pressure on the ad industry to incentivize our attention. They had to make it interesting or funny.
Now, it’s a far less consensual arrangement. “I will hold your Skinner box hostage until you listen to me!”
UBo, pinchflat, SponsorBlock, jellyfin, WireGuard, Apple shortcuts for auto connect and activation when I get in my car, and now I get my stories while I’m driving and those obnoxious vultures can fuck right off.
If Adblock blocking goes away, so will I. This is already more work than I feel like putting into it and the quality of online content has really gone downhill. The enshittification is so extreme now that it’s just not worth paying for things anymore.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
It doesn’t happen a lot that headlines make me vomit a little in my mouth but this one did