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[mop_891]

All I have to say is google is your friend. I did a quick one just now. There is a solution you have to find it and do a little work.

[Avaya]

@Gerry_D  What you see is not even offensive to any age. Even if a child scrolls over to it all it will do is bring you to the Roku channel store to download the Discovery+ channel. Which is a paid subscription anyways. You can add a PIN to lock channels from being downloaded. My kids are 21,23,24 and 26. When they were younger I would be in control of what they watched. Once again I will point out that a Roku does not have a child profile login at this time. Once your Roku is setup that's it. If you want more control over your streaming then look elsewhere. Roku is not controlling how your kids watch TV. You are. 

[FamilyFriendly]

I see in you advertisements a constant and relentless barage of gay and queer programs. Generation drag. Book of Queer. Always Proud. Trixie Motel.
I wonder what happened to family programming. Is your channel exclusively gay and queer. U certainly would not want my young grandchildren exposed to this hyper sexualized programming 24/7.
Thanks

[Strega]

@Gerry_D 

Well, I don’t see anything in that static ad itself that would concern me in terms of kids.  I would suggest maybe keeping control of the remote and/or a PIN on your account.  As far as I can see, Roku is essentially an advertising company that sells equipment roughly at cost.  There are other options like Apple TV, where you pay more up-front but, as far as I know, the platform itself doesn’t have ads.  (I’m not guaranteeing that as I don’t have one, but I believe that to be true.)  I don't know if there is any "just for kids" streaming platform, but there might be a market for one.

[Gerry_D]

@mop_891 

Thanks, I can google just fine. The first one I found laid out the problem very well:

If you own a Roku streaming media player or Roku TV and want to disable the advertisements that occupy one-third of the Home screen, you will discover that Roku does not provide you a way to opt out.

It then shows ways to try to minimize the amount of ads, most of which involve about 35 steps and also make it that no ads are ever shown-- and I find ads useful at times.

I am happy the system works in a way that doesn't bother you. I am letting Roku know that not all of their users agree with you, and deciding to tick off a good portion of their user base is not a good business approach.

Be well.

[Gerry_D]

@Strega Good for you. You are not me, and my family are customers too.

Be well.

[atc98092]

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@FamilyFriendly wrote:

I see in you advertisements a constant and relentless barage of gay and queer programs. Generation drag. Book of Queer. Always Proud. Trixie Motel.

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It's Pride month. It's going on all over the place. It's not specific to Roku, it's all over multiple devices I have, all over web pages, news sites, and so forth. Those of us that don't care for it are stuck for the month. 

[AvsGunnar]

In the current climate, I don't think much can be done about this immediately.

However, just as cigarettes were removed from all television advertising, as well as the actual drinking act of alcohol from ads/commercials because of the perceived effect and influence it "could" have on children through its exposure, perhaps this type of advertising will soon follow.

Until then, best course of action is to continue to make your concerns and opinions known to both the advertisers and those services that make use of this advertising.  After all, one purpose of this Roku Community is to provide feedback to Roku.

While some may prefer to look toward government agencies and administrative guidelines to determining an ad's or content's appropriateness, others are quite able to self determine the same in line with the values they hold and wish to share and preserve with their families.

If anything comes from this, hopefully Roku will see that the time has come for the often user-requested feature of a Family Filter or Family Profile setting to be added to the Roku OS.  From posts I have read,  most users just seem to want some sort of "physical control or setting" over what is being seen on their streaming devices in regards to both advertising and content.

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@Strega post reminded me two other instances of "men being men" that I enjoyed.  "Some Like it Hot" (https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/Some-Like-It-Hot?id=f734f4953f155b8faf5deb93eaed086a) and "Bosom Buddies" (Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari).  

[blues88]

This is not okay. Tolerance of other viewpoints is one thing. Having one moral, political viewpoint crammed down our kids' throats for a month is not tolerable. This will only end when customers demonstrate we've had enough of this propaganda.

[DaBish]

You're right in that this content is being displayed on our screens, seemingly regardless of our preferences. It is also true that this can be aggravated if someone makes intentional searches for the material. As to whether or not it is appropriate, well that is up for discussion I suppose. Additionally, all those who claim to be tolerant must tolerate others' viewpoints by definition. I happen to be with you that it is inappropriate (even vile) because I exercise Christian values. I also realize that those who do not have my values have a different criteria for what is appropriate. It really doesn't matter for the purposes of your query. What matters is that we can tailor what we see on our displays. I will have to make a tough decision soon if I do not have control of what I see.