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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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[-] negativenull@lemm.ee 80 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

PiHole Domain regex blacklist:
(ads|logs|cloudservices).roku.com$

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And there it is, folks.

I added the Roku and Samsung TV servers to my blocklist months ago, (maybe even years ago, at this point?) My three smart TVs are the most blocked devices on my network, by far. It’s not even close. Here are today’s stats from my pihole:

For reference, my phone (my most used device) is number four on that list. My three smart TVs (two Rokus and a Samsung) are numbers 1, 2, and 3. I haven’t even watched TV today. These blocked requests are simply from the TVs idling. Smart TVs are hilariously, mind-bogglingly invasive, and you should block them ASAP.

[-] grayman@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

Why did you black out your private IP addresses?

[-] ji17br@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

He doesn’t wanna get hAcKeD duhhhhh

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 8 points 11 months ago

They are called private for a reason!

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