Horrible ads on the Roku channel
I have never seen so many HORRIBLE, unwatchable, low-budget ads...
Does Roku have high school interns making these ads? And is there any chance they will EVER not be the same 6 ads?
The same ones...
Forum Discussion
I wouldn't expect complaints about ads to have any effect if the complainers keep watching. (Wikipedia says TRC has 120 million viewers.) On the other hand, if you watch some other app, the effect for you is immediate, and if people agree and do the same, then they'll actually notice that. Fortunately there are many other apps on Roku. When I got my Roku around 2016, I watched one 30 minute show on TRC and decided that app wasn't for me. However, given that The Roku Channel continues to exist, I would say that the commercials must not be a real issue for many people. To each his own.
And you are doing exactly what they want you to do, you are talking about them. Even if it is a negative response, they are getting a response, which is what the marketers/ad companies want from ads in general. That talk gets other people's attention and that may result in a sale for them. Unfortunately, it is the nature of streaming and advertising in general today. Some ads are designed that way, to be annoying, because it gets attention. With the scattered field of numerous streaming channels and advertisers out there, the ad money is spread out everywhere, so in essence, if they can make an ad cheaply and gets people's attention, even if the ad is bad or annoying, it has done its purpose.
