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Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
Just turned on my TV to see a video open on the home screen and play some trailer? I hope this was a fluke. I trashed all of my Amazon boxes years ago because of this garbage. If it keeps up, my Rokus will be next.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
I also got this. It was a Moana 2 ad and it had a "close" button if I wanted to dismiss it.
I don't have a picture of it, but it's clearly a new feature that Roku has just rolled out.
If it happens again, I'll also be getting rid of all roku products.
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Roku Ultra playing intrusive ads
I have an Ultra 4k player. I don't use it for anything other than playing other services. Now... it's bad enough that the home screen is flooded with ads. But today when I went to use the device it tried to force me to watch an ad before I could select my ap. This is unacceptable and if it continues, I'm trashing this device. How dare you force me, on a device that I ALREADY paid for, to watch a streaming ad before choosing an ap to watch another service. This needs to stop and I want to know how to do it.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
No... no one is going to have a picture of it. We don't sit here watching TV with a camera ready to take a screen shot. Two of us have had the exact same experience and this experience is unacceptable. Keep it up and your device will be trashed and I won't be buying another one.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
You could try
Settings/Accessibility/Auto-play video
and set it to Off
I did that when they started with the videos on the right side ad box.
Currently shopping alternate streaming boxes.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
Yeah I'm back to using my Chromecast if this ad stupidity continues.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
What is everyone going to switch to now that Roku is forcing ads on us? This is bull**bleep**, I want a refund. I guess back to chromecast?
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
If I see it, I dump my Roku.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
This is absolutely unacceptable and I will never use or sell a roku device again if this happens. I cannot believe they thought they can get away with a full screen obtrusive ad.
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Re: Video Ads Autoplaying on Homescreen
You can run some of the streaming services that are the basis of Roku channels on any old browser. I haven't tried setting Netflix up in Kodi, but I hear that it works, DRM and all.