Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10
arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-squareTakatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-squareripcord@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI have a bunch of Rokus and never seen that. That sucks
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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.