After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
OEMs are increasingly focused on using TVs as a way to show customers ads.

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Bobby Turkalino @lemmy.yachts
Had a firestick for 4 years, switched to Roku a couple weeks ago and I wish I did years ago
I can boot up the Roku, open Plex, and start a video stream without ever seeing an ad
2 0 ReplyCorngood @lemmy.ml I have a TCL Roku TV, and it has ads. I always thought that would be the same on any Roku device, but I guess not?
4 0 ReplyBobby Turkalino @lemmy.yachts
I do have ad blocking at the DNS level setup on my router
But, the Firestick showed ads regardless of that, so...
1 0 Replylemming741 @lemmy.world Lots of 'smart' devices have hard coded DNS IPs. Build an OPNsense box Forward all port 53 requests to your pihole ? Profit
3 0 ReplySpaz @lemmy.world
This is the way.
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TwanHE @lemmy.world Doing something similar on the Chromecast, turn on, open stremio and play away
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