Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen - eviltoast
…and it’s not just entertainment ads either

Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads.

  • Roku will be adding more ads to the home screens of its devices and TVs in the near future.
  • The ads will be interactive and ‘shoppable’ and will cover a range of industries, including restaurants and cars.
  • Roku already has a significant amount of ads on its home screen, and it is unclear if users will be able to change their preferences for the new ads.
  • @SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.caEnglish
    12•5 months ago

    Yeah, DNS blocking is quite effective for not just ads, but also telemetry on Roku.

    Personally, I use nextdns until I can can a good pihole setup going.

    • @NovaPrime@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5•5 months ago

      You can comfortably run pihole, unbound, and a VPN like wireguard on a pi zero or zero 2. You can find entire zero 2 kits for under $35 if you’re patient

      • @SharpieThunderflare@lemmy.caEnglish
        3•5 months ago

        Very true. Mostly just haven’t had the time. Also want to set up a little home server to play around with Proxmox and move Jellyfin off my main PC.