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[–] [email protected] 2 points 52 minutes ago

Bought a Roku back in 2020 or 2021 because the Apple TV was more expensive.

Now I know why.

For what it is worth, I have Roku set up as a REGEX in my Pi-hole so for the most part, any of this nonsense is completely blocked on my Roku.

Needless to say, I shouldn’t have to do this shit with a device I paid for and mainly use for Plex streaming.

[–] candyman337 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Roku will do this on their boxes too.

[–] candyman337 1 points 5 minutes ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 40 minutes ago

Roku devices and fire sticks belong in the recycle bin.

I switched everything to Apple TV .

[–] mindbleach 1 points 56 minutes ago

Ban advertising entirely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think this happened to me last night with an ad for Moana 2 playing automatically. I just assumed I accidentally hit a button. I was on the home screen but it enlarged and played in the basically the top quarter of the screen. I hit Close and it closed.

Also, the Netflix app is absolute garbage on the TCL Roku TVs. Constantly freezes and crashes, sometimes while not even try to rewind or pause/resume. It just decides its had enough and causes the TV to restart lol.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

My friend doesn't understand this reference, could you elaborate, please?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

you can get a raspberry pi and install something called pihole on it, it's a DNS server with ad-blocking. basically, it converts a domain name like example.com into an IP address, but rather than just faithfully supply DNS, it also effectively blocks some adverts by acting like the domain names don't exist for servers that run ads

once it's set up it'll just work, and it should protect everyone on your network/wifi from some ads

[–] [email protected] 1 points 33 minutes ago

Install a Pihole server on your network. It's a DNS filter. When a client tries to access a domain that has been blacklisted (ie a known ad or tracker domain), it denies the lookup.

On my roku homescreen it just has an empty placeholder where it tried to put the ad, but my Pihole server denied it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If this happens on my box I'll be taking them to small claims court and let you all know how it goes...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

So glad I blocked my TVs access to the Internet at the router level. Never complainrd about not setting up a network if the network doesn't work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Why even connect the tv to your local network?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

What a goofy thing to ask. You know exactly why people use smart TVs on the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Casting, using your phone for a remote, so the popup for connecting goes away

[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 hours ago (14 children)

Can i pleace find a decent TV without smart-capabilitys? I just want HDMI thats it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

Buy a commercial signage display. It's just a TV without the smart garbage.

Or, get a projector :)

[–] CancerMancer 23 points 7 hours ago (13 children)

Don't give your TV wifi access, use a separate device to watch stuff (Chromecast, FireTV, Android box, etc..)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago

Technically you can get commercial TVs but many companies stopped selling them. They are literally the new screen tech with no "Smart" capabilities. They are also much cheaper than their smart counterparts.

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