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Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads.

  • Roku will be adding more ads to the home screens of its devices and TVs in the near future.
  • The ads will be interactive and 'shoppable' and will cover a range of industries, including restaurants and cars.
  • Roku already has a significant amount of ads on its home screen, and it is unclear if users will be able to change their preferences for the new ads.
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[–] endhits@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I want to love jellyfin, but the Roku app is a buggy mess.

[–] VampiricClam@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Roku app has had a major update recently. Might be worth checking again.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why would you run Roku on Jellyfin? Wouldn't that open you to the ads you are trying to avoid?

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing it's the opposite way around, they use the jellyfin app on their Roku to steam from their jellyfin server

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

that makes much more sense.

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm one of the Jellyfin Roku devs. What bugs are you experiencing?

[–] mrnarwall@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not the OP, but I have been getting a bug where I select a show/movie to watch in the roku app, and instead of playing it will exit out to the list of shows/movies menu. These same shows work just fine in the app on a google android TV, or on a computer

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, something is failing in playback and it's simply falling back to the previous screen. I'd suggest posting this to the troubleshooting forum. I'm sure the support team will be happy to help out!

https://forum.jellyfin.org/f-troubleshooting

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

I've used it daily and never had a problem. What did you experience?