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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad (arstechnica.com)
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[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

  1. Buy one or more NVIDIA Shield Pro 2019 editions for whatever TV (and make sure whatever brand TV you use is itself completely disconnected from the internet) you like watching things on.

  2. Replace the built-in NVIDIA / Google Launcher with a custom one like WOLF or FLauncher completely free of ads.

There are completely ad-free wonderful little alternatives to every ever-enshittifying service out there...

  • ~~YouTube~~ - > SmartTube Next

  • ~~Subscription Streaming Services~~ - > Plex (or Jellyfin if you're just doing local and no special devices that need transcoding)

  • ~~Twitch~~ -> S0undTV

  1. Combine that with a NAS of your choice and (optionally) a few pieces of free software setup through a containerized deployment system like docker by following the guidance of Dr. Frankenstein along with an account with Mullvad.

...Any other steps there may or may not be are for you to figure out on your own.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I dont have ads on my Nvidia shield but I never updated it either.