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Dynamo3d
Reel Rookie

“Screaming” commercial has gotta go

Whatever ad agency created the “screaming” commercial you’re running should be fired. Are you aware of the great percentage of people that have PTSD caused or triggered by screaming? Just because you can rhyme streaming with screaming doesn’t make for a good ad. They can’t all be winners but you should ask for a refund on this one. Please take it down before your commercial causes actual harm

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BillNew
Reel Rookie

Too many repetitive commercials on the roku channel...

Almost every time... occasionally skips... the darn same annoying GMC @#$%^&* ( not a curse word ) truck commercial comes on.

Frequently exit the commercial as it is overboard about its' features and I was not interested in the item the first time the commercial was shown.

How about some Ford F150 commercials instead. This is Ford Country in my part of America.

andyross
Roku Guru

Re: Too many repetitive commercials on the roku channel...

Why would Ford spend ad money to preach to the choir?

LaurieMe3
Newbie

Re: Too many repetitive commercials on the roku channel...

The FGTeeV commercial is the most annoying ad known to man with that guy constantly screaming. OMG... Makes me crazy because I watch The Roku Channel a lot and so I hear and see that a lot.

StevenCee
Roku Guru

Re: Too many repetitive commercials on the roku channel...

@BillNew If you want more Ford commercials, you need to complain to Ford, not Roku. Roku isn't choosing to play GMC ads over Ford, GMC is paying them to play their ads, if Ford will do the same, their ads will then be broadcast.

What they can do, is not play all the same ads of their own shows, over & over & over again, until the last thing we'd ever want to do, is watch one of them. And I notice a few other channels are guilty of that same thing. If we're already watching their channel, why should we have to sit through ad after ad, on every commercial break, touting the very channel and shows, we're already aware of, since we're there watching them! Makes no sense, & is in fact, counter-productive, as it means either muting the sound, or going off exploring other channels, instead of enduring all those same commercials, and we may find something more interesting, and switch to another channel, instead! Not a good marketing decision on their part, for sure.

Re: Obnoxious screaming during ROKU add

I literally HATE your commercial with people screaming! It’s obnoxious and I turn off the volume. PLEASE-get rid of this commercial-it literally gave me a headache. So…it surely can’t be helping you.

Diangel3
Newbie

Re: “Screaming” commercial has gotta go

I, myself find their screaming ads stressful and disturbing. I now have to put the tv on “mute”, look away to avoid anxiety, and wait a minute before returning. Who the heck approved these?!? Please, take these down!

Southern
Newbie

Re: “Screaming” commercial has gotta go

I am in full agreement. Please remove the screaming commercial. It is quite harsh and harmfully stupid. Surely you can do better than that

AvsGunnar
Community Streaming Expert

Re: “Screaming” commercial has gotta go

There appears to be multiple versions of these screaming ads.

This is what happens when you legalize certain substances.  I am certain it seemed funny to them as a cloud of smoke passed over their heads.  I can think of no other reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVqH_Rjuu4A (Where's the remote)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q58r7mZiuCs (Did you look on the thing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7w2C0eVCCk (I hate buying TVs)

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How about a nice peaceful "dreaming of streaming" commercial. (you can have that one for free - I have others).

 

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Txlady377
Reel Rookie

Re: “Screaming” commercial has gotta go

I totally agree!  I have to mute every Commercial break because of these vile commercials 😑 kicks my anxiety into overdrive!