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After they announced that they would snoop on the HDMI port and then push targetted ads during paused media, I decided I will never own a Roku device again. Before they had TVs I’d recommend to anyone to get their smart boxes. Then Roku, like everyone else, enshitified.

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kitnaht@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Roku was the most enshittified ecosystem well before anyone else. They were always the worst.

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- tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The early days with roku channels like rev3 were great. They took a while to go down hill
  
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dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

they would snoop on the HDMI port

Most smart TVs do this by default, unfortunately. They use a technology called ACR (Automatic Content Recognition) to determine what you’re watching, essentially like Shazam but for TV shows and movies. This gets sent to the manufacturer who can then build an advertising profile about you.

At least they don’t show ads, yet.

Never connect a smart TV to the internet. Put it on a separate VLAN that doesn’t have internet access. For streaming, use something like an Nvidia Shield (or if you’re in the Apple ecosystem, an Apple TV).

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- jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  We’ve gotten to the point we are recommending NVIDIA or Apple over Roku.
  
  Is there a way to just put the Roku in some kind of dev mode, and then manually remove this shit?
  
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  - dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not that I’m aware of… Roku is a very locked down ecosystem.
    
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  - potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I think roku has a dev mode but not like adb, it’s still pretty locked down. Read more here
    
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