Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.
  • oyo@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    2 minutes ago

    If this happens on my box I’ll be taking them to small claims court and let you all know how it goes…

  • Tantheiel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    13 minutes ago

    So glad I blocked my TVs access to the Internet at the router level. Never complainrd about not setting up a network if the network doesn’t work.

  • _sideffect@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    3 hours ago

    This is why I disconnected my parents Roku tv from the internet last year, when they started to get updates that wouldn’t download, and freeze the whole tv, i said enough is enough

  • spaffelAEnglish
    31·
    4 hours ago

    Can i pleace find a decent TV without smart-capabilitys? I just want HDMI thats it

    • scala@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      2 hours ago

      Technically you can get commercial TVs but many companies stopped selling them. They are literally the new screen tech with no “Smart” capabilities. They are also much cheaper than their smart counterparts.

      • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 hours ago

        Wish it had more apps, but Apple TV is pretty solid. With the Steam link app, it’s also good for couch gaming on your pc.

      • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 hours ago

        Just a heads up that the Smart Cancer has already begun infecting PC monitors. Samsung makes Smart Monitors.

        It won’t be long before there are no longer Dumb Monitors.

      • Bristingr@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        I must not be looking at the right thing. All I’m finding are expensive displays that have all this fancy scheduling, web surfing, etc. built into it.

    • scala@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      2 hours ago

      Stellantis is already doing this on new cars in the US. (Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Maserati, FiAT, etc) Soon as you press the brakes and come to a stop ads play on your infotainment system. Have the car in park? Yep more ads.

    • Fixxelious@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      Bro they already tried charging you monthly sub for unlocking seat heating functionality… if they are not already here, you can bet they are coming.

  • Brotha_Jaufrey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 hours ago

    I only ever tried using a Roku so I could stream my PC to my smart TV, but it turns out there’s MASSIVE latency. Of course I returned it. If I had to deal with that AND ADS, I would have set that shit on fire

  • blazeknave@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    12 hours ago

    Almost downvoted instinctually as a reaction to the headline. Visceral reaction. I hate this beyond belief.

  • selokichtli@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    11 hours ago

    I was thinking about changing my Roku TV anyway. “Dumb” TVs are the future for me.

  • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
    69·
    5 hours ago

    It’s 1000% worth it to spend a little extra on a TV to get one that runs Google TV. Android is just superior compared to Roku in this regard. I actually have an Apple TV 4K as well, and regularly switch between the two.

    • Glitterbomb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      4 hours ago

      Manufacturers need to put the cheap ass software on a cheap ass $20 stick. Stop fucking up TVs with it. Stop accepting any ‘smart’ features and stop calling them smart. They’re invasive advertisement platforms, full fucking stop. It is in fact NOT worth it to get a google TV, because they’ll pull this shit or worse next week. We had perfectly functional TVs for decades before this shit, stop acting like the only choice is to surrender your hardware.

      • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        57 minutes ago

        I’m not surrending shit. It’s really Android TV, they just call it Google. But whatever man, go off.

      • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        53 minutes ago

        That’s such a cool and novel opinion. Wow. My Android TV does everything I need it to right out of the box. Never fucking shows me advertisements, and actually made it easier for me to stop paying for an overpriced Hulu subscription.

          • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            26 minutes ago

            I don’t really understand the hate for Android TV. It’s pretty obvious to me (since I use both) that they’re trying to compete with Apple TV. Android TV has a lot of great settings and features. When I’m not doing anything with it, it automatically shows a screensaver of my choosing - just like Apple TV does. I have quick and easy access to the movies I’ve purchased on my YouTube account as well.

            Any assumption that Android TV will force ads on its users tells me they haven’t used it.

    • dan1101@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      So far. And I actually prefer the Roku UI even though the Google TV will do more things, like let you sideload apps. Roku is propietary.

      • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        51 minutes ago

        So far what?

        Even if they do start putting ads on Android TV, all I have to do is switch over to my Apple TV. That’s the best performing streaming device on the market, regardless of your opinion on Apple.

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    61·
    18 hours ago

    Not a surprise for Roku. The company has been getting progressively worse in the last few years and their enshittification is accelerating. Their recent forced download of an update that requires users to agree to arbitration to even use our TVs was intended to ultimately take control of those TVs completely away from the people who own them.

    Right now it’s possible to block Roku’s static ads and presumably the autoplaying ones using a local DNS server like Adblock Home or Pihole, but it’s only a matter of time before Roku blocks everything unless we watch the ads they are trying force down our throats. I’m already in the process of obsoleting all 5 of our Roku devices.

    It has taken Roku years to build up enough market share to allow this kind of behavior and it will take years for the market to abandon them. Their executives will claim ignorance as to why users are walking away when it finally hits their bottom line.

  • nul9o9@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    15 hours ago

    Roku had the best smart tv ui. I was seriously bummed when the ads started rolling in a few years ago.

    I want an open source streaming client, but from what I hear DRM gets in the way of that.

    • PeteZa@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I’ve much preferred Google TV for some time now. The recommendations and live free tv options are essentially built into the UI. Although I do use the Roku app as one of my free streaming options lol.

  • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    18 hours ago

    Im literally willing to ditch the device and cancel all streaming services because of this. When I turn on my TV I don’t want to be forced to consume ads when I haven’t been provided with anything in return.