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Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads.

  • Roku will be adding more ads to the home screens of its devices and TVs in the near future.
  • The ads will be interactive and 'shoppable' and will cover a range of industries, including restaurants and cars.
  • Roku already has a significant amount of ads on its home screen, and it is unclear if users will be able to change their preferences for the new ads.
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[-] MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago

Why won't anyone make a privacy focused premium streaming box with no ads? I'd pay so much for this thing that will never exist.

[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

Apple TV is a premium streaming box without ads. The privacy aspect is less clear, but probably better than Samsung, Google and Roku that are all harvesting data.

An open source solution would be better.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

The privacy aspect is less clear, but probably better

I love how dividing by an unknown somehow makes a bigger number for you. The bias is leaking.

[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Apple chargers more and isn't openly selling data (Samsung) or openly selling ads (Google). The commercial activity provides some insight here, that suggests Apple is better for privacy.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

Mainly because the major streaming services wouldn't allow their platforms to run on it.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I don't use major streaming services. I just want something that runs NewPipe and Jellyfin. Lol

[-] xylogx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We need a fediverse streaming service.

[-] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Torrent? PeerTube?

For paid options I see no sense in decentralization. But a standard protocol for rental tied with some protocol for payments (like GNU Taler) to rent movies from any source with one tap and no install would be cool.

[-] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Until then, a Raspberry Pi or SFF PC will do the job just fine. They even work with remotes if you get an IR receiver for them.

[-] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

How do you set up the IR receiver? I would like to use Linux if possible. It's often such a pain to set up things like this. Took me forever to get my Xbox controller to pair.

[-] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I've used LIRC in the past. Takes a bit of setup, but it works well once you get it going.

[-] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Thanks for that. Were you ever able to get something like this to power a device on from a full shut down?

Edit: power on using the remote.

[-] huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Because people won't pay for it. We are in the minority.

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