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.
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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I was thinking about changing my Roku TV anyway. "Dumb" TVs are the future for me.
Looking around Roku's site, I found this email address: AdsPR@roku.com
I'm planning on giving them a brief but firm "oh hell no" letter. I wonder how many others will do the same 🤔
I emailed them to let them know I cancelled Disney+ and cited this specific ad and advertisement campaign through Roku as to why I cancelled the service.
Let’s make the companies who advertise this way feel pain.
If you force Ads then I will replace your equipment. The only reason I use Roku is to avoid the Ads built into "smart TVs"