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·
    11 months 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·
      11 months 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·
        11 months 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·
          11 months 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·
      11 months ago

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