• @HolidayGreed
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    423 days ago

    That’s what I’m planning to do and curious if Apple TV box is a good option. Fire stick is riddled with ads. Not sure about Roku and Apple TV.

    • @spaghettiwestern
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      723 days ago

      Roku is chocked full of ads too, and regularly sets the default for the “Select” button to open those ad sites or apps. Roku used to be great. It has now been completely enshittified.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        223 days ago

        I mean, it could be worse. It could not work at all when put behind a pihole. I keep all my Roku devices in their own group and haven’t seen ads on them

        • @spaghettiwestern
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          123 days ago

          I have mine behind a Pihole too. It blocked all the ads at first but Roku seems to actively varying the ad servers and they’ve started showing up again. I haven’t had a chance to see if I can block them again.

    • @[email protected]
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      223 days ago

      No matter how you feel about Apple in general, Apple TV boxes are really the only way to go these days. Everything else is designed to aggressive sell to you whether you like it or not.

      It’s either that or use something like a Raspberry Pi and settle for websites, which also have a habit of streaming you lower-quality content.

    • @[email protected]
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      123 days ago

      I don’t see any ads in my Apple TV interface aside from some shown in the streaming apps themselves. We’ve been very happy with ours, keeping in mind the whole family already had iPhones.