This would be horrible for people who enjoy sideloading APKs.

  • Tandybaum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hey Amazon, I was a HUGE advocate for you. I help setup countless older family/friends devices for them. I told them that FireTVs were the devices to have.

    I have moved 100% to roku. The reason for this that you’re UI is ads 1st and apps 2nd. If you’re redesigning I beg and plead that you take a good look at what Roku is going right. You could do it better and fully whip them out (I hope not because competition is good).

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      1 year ago

      I’m with you Tandy. The ads on Roku are very reasonable. The question is then, how long before it goes to sh*t?

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      1 year ago

      I’ve used an adblocker to block the ad that takes up 1/3 of the homescreen on Roku, but even then, it turns into a huge empty frame. ⍨

      Plus, Plex on Roku transcodes audio and subtitles no matter what I do. It’s so annoying.