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It seems like so long that Roku was not a horrible company. Simple little box for a good price with a small static ad on the home screen to make money.
Seems like a lifetime ago.
I mean, there was always this bullshit.
And those have taken over all the damn tv remotes. I designed and 3D printed a replacement faceplate for my Samsung tv's remote that hides them, out of retaliation (they were in a spot where I accidentally hit the netflix button when trying to pause what I was watching, which was annoying af).
How and why is there a Blockbuster button lol
Because blockbuster paid for it.
it's on the chromecast remote as well now. Is there an open source chromecast alternative?
https://github.com/vincelwt/RaspberryCast
My parent’s 10 year old Sharp TV has a Netflix button on the remote. That’s how long this has been going on.
Yeah, just saying Roku is has been the worst offender of this. Other manufacturers restricted these promotional buttons to streaming services that have large user bases. Roku sells those buttons to anyone who pays enough, and their remotes famously feature services that people don’t care about.
That little box even got a recent update that lets you ban certain ads by hitting *.