I see it on the Roku Channel, so I am reporting it. This has been happening for the past several months. Roku is responsible for the Roku channel, so Roku needs to fix the issue.
So many do NOT want Spanish commercials posted and KUDO'd on other community strings. I have more acquaintances in St Louis that speak Czech or Bosnian than all those who speak Spanish. (I speak only English.) There are Spanish stations. How many English commercials are on them (or Bosnian, Czech, Chinese, etc.)? Why is Roku ignoring all the community complaints about Spanish commercials? I guess because Roku doesn't care. I'm finding alternatives on my TV to get away from this annoyance. Thank you (for ignoring this too, I'm sure).
i really don't want to get involved with this but, I'll throw in my $.02.
1. You actually pay attention to the commercials? I pay as little attention as possible.
2. I have much more important things to be concerned about than any ad I might come across.
3. If I happen to notice an ad in another language, I usually think "well they wasted their money on that as far as I'm concerned.
Just my opinion, You are entitled to feel how you do. However, is an ad language really anything to be that bugged about?
Hey if you start running some Chinese ads, please let me know where you are running them and I’ll watch. Getting a chance to practice my Chinese would (might!) be worth actually watching TV channels with commercials in them!
Why aren’t they paying attention? Well for starters, I think all the people who have complained amount to less than 0.0003% of Roku’s user base. And those users, in the commercial TV lingo, are “The Product”. It’s “The Customer” (the advertiser) who is calling the shots. Now, of course, the customer wants his ads to be as effective as possible, but he may be satisfied that this is about as good as it gets. In any case, it’s the customer who is paying for your TV. Maybe let them know their commercials are not well-targeted in your case. Who knows – they might be surprised. Then again, they might be the only customer that whatever-channel-you-are-watching can get!
I haven’t cared for the Spanish commercials but you make a really good point actually. Yet I understand where the OP is coming from just bc those commercials tend to be loud so they feel intrusive when you don’t speak the language & can’t understand what they are saying.
it’s interesting to hear that’s happening in other areas because I’m in Texas so I simply assumed I get them a portion of the time due to the large number of Spanish speakers here - even if I personally don’t.
Even on The Roku Channel, Roku may not have 100% control of the ads. The content providers, especially on some of the "live" channels, may require certain ads. It also depends on the ad-server company. I'm not certain just how much ad-serving Roku itself actually does, or if it's farmed out to one or more 3rd parties.
You’re getting Spanish ads because there’s enough Spanish speakers in your market area to warrant them. Should companies ignore a sizable market just because a few people “don’t like to hear Spanish?” Not going to happen. Get used to it.
And I’m just going to come right out and say this thread is rife with blatant bigotry.
@MrXxx : Useless information from you, snowflake.
Everyone else: Go to settings/privacy/advertising and deselect personalize ads. That seems to have almost eliminated Spanish language ads for me. Might be a coincidence, though, and I do still get some local ads. Localizing and personalizing seem to be two different things, though.
@Anonymousvery useful if you choose to use your mind. Triggered much?