now that FOX news corp(not disney fox) will likely use roku to peddle scams and right wing propaganda, you should throw it away.
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This is a space that needs alternative. I use Nvidia shield but it defaults to Googles home page so I see ads
roku was pretty much the only viable 'alternative' to the big companies and studios. didn't even need a credit card (nocc link) or to reveal personal details other than an email for an account (for the devices)-could watch free stuff without a login with the browser. if you did pay for stuff, you can sub to several other services through roku (kinda like how prime does it).
fox was actually forced to sell its stake in roku when it bought tubi a few years ago. that should be enough right there to say fu go away, but ofc this admin will conveniently ignore that fact and give roku and its ~ 150 million screens to the propaganda machine that is fox.
Who are they kidding? It's been years since they started scanning everything you were watching to inject ads into it. If people were happy with that, they're happy with this.
Ditched my roku with the policy change that required agreeing, or no access to the device. It went in the bin.
Roku was trash from day one, the original advertelevision, i cant fathom what person it would make sense for, just people falling for marketing but it really doesn't make sense to buy one or even accept it as a gift -- but idk people also buy amazon sticks which are basically convert your tv to a roku device. Idk man people are dumb and scumbags take advantage wcyd
The epitome of capitalism. Cancer sucks everything.
i've never even known what Roku is
its basically "low cost tv" subsidized by constant ads.
It's the Japanese word for 6
It's a smart tv preloaded with ads, idk but i guess people like ads? I don't get it.
I knew it was a box think I first saw it when curious about a hardware kodi (say 15-18 years ago?) back when they were newer. Though I just wanted something to show me what I have in my network, never used the other streaming on it, maybe missed out I dunno.
Oh I replied cause I wanted a device/program to have a nice browsing interface for my owned files, and having a program with ads? Big nope. Mean maybe I missed out but nothing I've read seemed overly interesting when I just wanted a nice interface. Now just use a PC with Kodi for my stuff with browsers / apps for streaming, works well enough. Probably pay too many services but not the only one in the house.
If I could never see another ad I'd be so happy heh south Park flashbacks.
It's what people say when they sneeze
If you feel similarly grossed out by the Fox acquisition, I'd recommend you make similar moves. Instead of a Roku Stick, you could use the Google TV Streamer or Apple TV 4K, both of which offer more modern interfaces than Roku's.
Oh yes, the exemplar of stealing your data and the biggest walled garden in tech are far superior choices!
Maybe I'm confused, but those are pretty much the only choices?? Oh wait throw amazon in there too I guess lmao
There are always options.
Plug a laptop into your TV via HDMI and buy a cheap Bluetooth keyboard. Install ublock origin. Sail on over to a certain community on Db0 for some advice on free streaming services.
This is exactly what I do almost to a T, but I use an Atari VCS (not the original 🙃) and a Logitech wireless KB. Or my phone through KDE connect.
It works just fine, SO likes it. If people would try, but theyre lazier than they have ever been, and dumb. It really was not that long ago that an HTPC was somewhat common.
People only know what big tech feeds them.
We can blame the lazier and dumber part on Fox and the Murdochs as well. It's a whole ecosystem of misinformation, dependency, and evil.
For most people, that's work, not an "option" per se. Also, most people run win11 and we can all agree that's a horrendous option on a tv
And most people are fine with giving their data to Google, Samsung, etc. and that's fine if it works for them, but for the people who don't mind a little more work, the options are there.
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I was ready to discount this as pearl clutching but after reading it, I'm of the same mindset.
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What do I do if I already have roku and it's the only thing I have?
Factory reset and never connect it to the internet.
Edit: That's if you want to keep it a dumb tv. I know there are likely OS alternatives if you want to bother, but I ended up just resetting mine and keeping it connected to my mini-pc.
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What's a good alternative? I'm fine installing alternative OS and was looking at some lineageOS TV stuff but seeing mixed reports on whether you can get full quality on streaming services that way
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