• Narlythotep@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I gave them 1 star and left a bad review for each of the fire tvs…they called me about the revie and then did nothing…buy a roku and throw out your $800 fire tv…it is worth it to take the loss for your own sanity

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      10 months ago

      I recently bought a Roku and was surprised to find they force ads on their home screen. It’s obviously not as terrible as a fullscreen ad but its still very annoying.

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      10 months ago

      buy a roku

      Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they’ll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney’s Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)

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        10 months ago

        OK open to any other options and I mean any…there has got to be someone who can wite hacks to fix issues like this…they are doing it for chrome?

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          10 months ago

          Roku is more closed than Amazon fire. I’ve read about rooted Fires.

          Apple TV seems the least intrusive right now but I’ve never used one personally.

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            10 months ago

            I’ve had an AppleTV for about five years+ now and have yet to see an ad placed on the main screen.

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        10 months ago

        the ads on roku do not impact my experience, they go away as soon as i open anything.