Howdy App Added to Home Menu
Want to explain to me why I went to my Home screen on Roku this morning and this Howdy app had been added to my menu without my permission? Did I ask you to add this? No, I did not. Roku is becoming ...
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Roku has a history of adding apps (as well as backgrounds and screensavers) for services they think their users might enjoy. At least it wasn't forced onto the top row, and it can be removed if unwanted. Frankly, there are more important issues to be dealt with than getting annoyed at a random app being added to the screen.
Sure its not big deal to delete it since I already have to delete auto created folders in One Drive and auto downloaded apps on my phone....How about companies STOP shoving their junk down customers' throats. I wouldn't ever consider Howdy solely because of this. I don't look at it and just feel annoyed while deleting again and again and again. So Roku if you read these know you efforts are having the opposite effect on me and many others.
You arent going to convince Roku not to promote its own new subscription service/app on its own RokuOS platform any more than you are going to convince MS not to promote its services/apps on its own Windows OS platform, or Google its services/apps on Android/Google TV OS, or Amazon its services/apps on FireTV OS, or LG its services/apps on WebOS, or Samsung its services/apps on Tizen OS, etc etc.
Expecting these companies not to leverage their own platform for their own apps/services is asinine (to say the least) and ignorant (you agreed to the app/service/content adding/modifying without your knowledge/consent when you agreed to Roku's account/device use Terms - which are relatively brief).
Yes it can be/is annoying, but its par for the course for all platform vendors that are also content/service providers - this is not a new behavior for Roku or any other platform+service/content vendor (they've all been doing it from the getgo for their platforms)
Best just to understand and acknowledge it for what it is and minimize your annoyance/hassle: In the case of the Howdy (or other Roku-provided service/functionality) app, simply stop removing it & add/move it to the end of your app tile list (it will stay there without causing app list 'chaos' elsewhere, unless/until you move it or the new UI with 'Quick Access' settings auto-re-arranges your app list for you, which you would then need to disable/change).
Hi there! greyman318
We understand you're experiencing issues removing the Howdy app from your Roku device. This is a known issue; our team is still looking into it.
To assist with the investigation, please provide the following:
- Device Info: Software version, Device ID, and Serial Number (Settings > System > About)
- Tracker ID, GC version, Software version, and build (Press Home 5 times, then Back 5 times when the issue occurs)
Thank you for your cooperation.Roku Community Team
