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Ads are intrusive to the point of insanity

Not a question, im here to say im throwing my Roku in the trash and picking up an Apple TV+ from Best Buy tomorrow morning.

This new inability to hide ads at all is psychotic and the last straw, you are craven moneygrubbers in the worst sense and i hope your company collapses under the weight of your own greed. Jesus. Christ.

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Reel Rookie

Re: Ads are intrusive to the point of insanity

Word.

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KageRyu
Channel Surfer

Re: Ads are intrusive to the point of insanity

I agree.

Roku just keeps getting worse and worse.

Roku has Ads during programming...ok...but they are getting more frequent and longer to the point of ruining all immersion and enjoyment of a program.

There are Ads on the pause screen...

Some programming has Lower Third Ads run during it...

There are Ads mixed into the menu of shows more and more now...

Entire Categories are just Ads for premium channels and Sponsored Content now...

There are Ads to the Left of the Apps Menu...

There is a giant Ad to the Right of the Apps Menu...

There is a Row of Ads at the Top of the Apps menu Since Last year...

AND NOW - Every time I come out of Screen Saver or Power on my Roku Stick a full screen AD!

Enough FFS!  Roku just keeps getting worse and worse.  You(Roku) have removed so much content and replaced it with Ads for pemium content and subscription services, and it seems like every update is just looking for new places and ways to squeeze in more ads.  Roku has removed so many apps and channels too...l it's disgusting.

Now I will consider any device with built in Roku a negative and a great excuse to buy a different device.

 

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Ads are intrusive to the point of insanity

Go into the Settings/Accessibility menu and disable auto-play videos and you can get rid of the full screen ads. It's something that the federal ADA laws are forcing on devices, so don't be surprised if the same thing happens on other platforms. 

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