I'm just chiming in to say I also hate this change. Having them in a menu serves no purpose. Even just having to use the home screen to cycle inputs is a downgrade already compared to non-"smart" devices and PC monitors that managed it fine with the click of a button on the remote.
I'd rather place the apps and channels in their own menu since I have no interest in them and they needlessly waste a lot of space on the home screen. If I could've bought an HDR 4k TV without Roku for the price I paid I would have.
Glad to see these being discussed here.
Does anyone use Outlook.com for their email? Roku is worse than them! Outlook is constantly changing **bleep** that doesn't need to be changed and I'm sure it is because if the people didn't come up with ways to change **bleep**, they'd get fired, even if those changes aren't useful.
Roku, get rid of this and everything else you think you've "upgraded" over the years. If I could roll back my firmware to the date I bought my TV, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
