Avoid Roku devices. Roku had an OK remote and decent UI, but the company has thoroughly enshittified it and turned it into an "advertising everywhere all the time" platform. There is a Jellyfin app that works well though.
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Roku has WAY LESS ads than Fire TV. Yes I get one on the home screen, off to the side, easily ignored.
It's true they might add more later. It is pretty much the only corporate strategy these days.
Idk if Apple TV is still no ads. It is usually suggested as the best home streamer.
Roku tries to monitor HDMI activity on Roku TVs so they know exactly what's being watched at all times. They also insert ads into the menu on a regular basis and sometimes force install apps. Adguard Home has blocked the vast majority of the ads on screen, but from what I've found the menu ads can't be blocked.
If I had Fire TV and it's as bad as you say it would have been binned long ago.
All true. But a few years ago Fire TV had a big update that put full screen video ads that you must navigate off of every time you wake up the fire stick. It's so bad we stopped using it.