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“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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This was shitty, but the giants are worse than the smaller companies. Roku works fine and ad-free if you block the ad/tracking domains. Try separating the ads/tracking from the stuff you need on a Google device.