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.
  • andyburke@fedia.io
    27·
    10 months ago

    Hey, nice, I get to build an HTPC again and check out the latest streaming shit for Linux.

    I’m not even being ironic. Tired of this corporate hellscape and finding joy in returning to the kind of hobbyist tech I grew up on.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
      7·
      10 months ago

      corposhit used to at least be worth paying for with all it’s flaws but they’re shitting it up so bad it’s increasingly not even worth it in the slightest

      • andyburke@fedia.io
        2·
        10 months ago

        Yep. There was a little while there where things coulda maybe been fine but the greedy psychopaths decided they wanted to fuck it up.