Saw my first autoplay ad last night. I've grudgingly tolerated all the static ads as they have propagated on the home screen, and the Roku App that mysteriously reappears in my channel list every few weeks (but does not survive long). Unskippable video ads on the home screen is a non-starter.
The world keeps changing, and I realize there are few decent alternatives, but that will not stop me replacing all my Roku devices if this goes on. Seems to me that once upon a time, there was rampant video piracy, until streaming services showed up that were inexpensive and easy to use. But I'm afraid larding them up with ads is not going to turn out to be a path to real progress.
I used to watch Amazon Prime, but I decided that I don't like paying for Prime only to find out that a subscription is mainly a license to watch ads. I can get ads almost everywhere. I'd hate to add Roku to my list of "been there, done that" mistakes.
