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“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen (arstechnica.com)
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[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Is there anything that’s a better alternative?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm looking into alternatives. So far Kodi is the front runner for my use. I have not decided on whether to replace roku units with raspberri pi running kodi or try the jailbreaking roku route.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Some people have mentioned apple TV, for now that at least isn't riddled with ads. Others have mentioned getting android sticks, but I'm not sure how smooth that process is (or how well they work with remotes).