Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square274fedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down112
arrow-up1830arrow-down1external-linkAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square274fedilink
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·9 months ago buy a roku Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they’ll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney’s Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)
minus-squareNarlythotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoOK open to any other options and I mean any…there has got to be someone who can wite hacks to fix issues like this…they are doing it for chrome?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoRoku is more closed than Amazon fire. I’ve read about rooted Fires. Apple TV seems the least intrusive right now but I’ve never used one personally.
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoI’ve had an AppleTV for about five years+ now and have yet to see an ad placed on the main screen.
minus-squarebraxy29@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agothe ads on roku do not impact my experience, they go away as soon as i open anything.
minus-squareQuill0@lemmy.digitalfall.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months ago*do not yet Only a matter of time
minus-squarebraxy29@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoi will give you that one. 😮💨
Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they’ll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney’s Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)
OK open to any other options and I mean any…there has got to be someone who can wite hacks to fix issues like this…they are doing it for chrome?
Roku is more closed than Amazon fire. I’ve read about rooted Fires.
Apple TV seems the least intrusive right now but I’ve never used one personally.
I’ve had an AppleTV for about five years+ now and have yet to see an ad placed on the main screen.
the ads on roku do not impact my experience, they go away as soon as i open anything.
*do not yet
Only a matter of time
i will give you that one. 😮💨