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Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)

submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 34 points 11 months ago

Can these ads be blocked with pi-hole?

[-] xylogx@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

I block logs.roku.com and cloudservices.roku.com on my pihole without impacting any functionality.

[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Is there a good resource to learn how to install that kind of a system for a person who's tech knowledge ends at one semesters worth of C++?

[-] BenPranklin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

A semester of programming is more than you need. The hardest part would be installing the OS on the raspberry pi. https://pi-hole.net/

[-] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 3 points 11 months ago

Yes setting up a Pi-Hole should be pretty doable for someone like you. I can't recomend a specific tutorial off the top of my head, but there should be plenty to find.

You mainly need a pi running raspbian or a pc running some debian based distro.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Anyone can set them up, it’s just running an app

[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

You can alternatively install Adguard too which will happily sit in a Docker container on a regular server if you're aware of how to do that.

[-] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

what info is sent to these domain?

[-] jimbo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

None if you block them.

[-] antimongo@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Yea my Adblock Home (pihole alternative) blocks the ads on my Roku home screen. Now it’s just a big blank box.

[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I do wonder how long it's going to take for these device manufacturers to get wise and start hard coding their own host file on these devices with the addresses they use.

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Then we switch from DNS and look to good old firewall blocks.

Update to say device is 'offline' unless it can reach these IPs? Local NAT to direct the traffic to a basic ping box.

Game keeps being played until someone quits.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yes.

[-] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

What domain list(s) are you using? Mine are still showing up with pihole. I do think some are being blocked, but not all.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

PiHole blocks the current ads. Hopefully these new ones too.

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