“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.

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Reasons I turn off WiFi on any TV I buy and use a streaming box
11 0 ReplyRoku will do this on their boxes too.
2 0 ReplyRoku devices and fire sticks belong in the recycle bin.
I switched everything to Apple TV .
3 0 ReplyI'm not into the apple walled garden, I use android boxes
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Yeah I don't get roku boxes lol. I have an nvidia shield pro, and I'm considering loading the lineageOS software on it
2 0 ReplyI got the shield too, it's amazing. Upgraded from an old Chromecast and it's night and day, didn't realize how slow the Chromecast was, even on Ethernet.
2 0 Replyoh man, hard agree, the shield is the kind of android boxes
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Any good recommendations?
1 0 ReplyOnn 4k box or Nvidia shield
1 0 ReplyOnn is just Walmart Roku, they will absolutely slather it in ads as soon as they figure out how. +1 on Nvidia shield.
2 0 ReplyYou can boot lineage os's android TV version easily on the onn one
1 0 ReplyTo my knowledge that only works for the 2021 version which is no longer sold. The newer 2024 version is locked down further and cannot have its bootloader unlocked.
2 0 ReplyOh, I'm not sure, maybe
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