Lee Duna to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 3 years agoAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down10
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minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink4•3 years agoUntil recently, yeah. Recently, my Roku TV is forcing me to interact with an ad (express interest or disinterest) before I can even launch an app.
minus-squareTakatakatakatakataklinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 years agoThat sounds like something that should be illegal. You bought the screen. It belongs to you. Can you root the TV and be rid of that horrible functionality?
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink2•3 years agoHopefully it’s some sort of A/B testing that you’ll never see.
Until recently, yeah. Recently, my Roku TV is forcing me to interact with an ad (express interest or disinterest) before I can even launch an app.
That sounds like something that should be illegal. You bought the screen. It belongs to you.
Can you root the TV and be rid of that horrible functionality?
Dunno, I’m too lazy.
I have a bunch of Rokus and never seen that. That sucks
Hopefully it’s some sort of A/B testing that you’ll never see.