Almost every smart TV platform is, at this point, a billboard for ads with your apps sprinkled in, but where...
  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    1 year ago

    buy a roku

    Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they’ll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney’s Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)

    • Narlythotep@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      OK open to any other options and I mean any…there has got to be someone who can wite hacks to fix issues like this…they are doing it for chrome?

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        Roku is more closed than Amazon fire. I’ve read about rooted Fires.

        Apple TV seems the least intrusive right now but I’ve never used one personally.

        • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          I’ve had an AppleTV for about five years+ now and have yet to see an ad placed on the main screen.

    • braxy29@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      the ads on roku do not impact my experience, they go away as soon as i open anything.