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“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen (arstechnica.com)
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[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Reasons I turn off WiFi on any TV I buy and use a streaming box

[–] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 1 points 38 seconds ago

Any good recommendations?

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I was seeing the Moana promo with my Roku streaming stick on a Samsung TV. Didn't look like an ad exactly tho, just a nice ocean background behind the menu.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

personally I prefer android streaming boxes, because you can install custom versions of android tv on them, so if the official release from google is bad, you can just go to the community version

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There any custom versions you can point me to? I've been looking for a custom Android OS to install on my Insignia Fire TV.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago

https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

lineageOS, but you have to have a supported device, and I'm not seeing that device on there. Plus fire tv's are pretty locked down. I would suggest walmarts onn 4k box or an nvidia shield

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Roku will do this on their boxes too.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't get roku boxes lol. I have an nvidia shield pro, and I'm considering loading the lineageOS software on it

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I got the shield too, it's amazing. Upgraded from an old Chromecast and it's night and day, didn't realize how slow the Chromecast was, even on Ethernet.

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

oh man, hard agree, the shield is the kind of android boxes

[–] AvailableFill74@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Roku devices and fire sticks belong in the recycle bin.

I switched everything to Apple TV .

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm not into the apple walled garden, I use android boxes