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[Bortsamsonhk]

AS if the forced birth date, gender, and attempted forced credit card data entry weren't enough to make me dislike this product finally get it going and there is no SEARCH! 

How to find things among 10,000+ options without a search!??

Yes, I've read the stupid "if you created account somewhere but you are somewhere else...blah, blah, blah..." why on earth would any tech device regionally restrict the ability to use a basic search function? WHY!? 

account was created in the region where I bloody well am, tried with 2 more emails, one of which is NA based and used a VPN for creating, factory reset 2nd time and still nothing!

Just out of surgery and want to relax and watch something and now have wasted $$ and time on this rubbish product. Who dreamed up the idea of restricting menu options based on region? Seriously, who thought that was a good idea?

Roku "Ultimate" (my ass) LT

[RokuEmmanuel-D · Accepted solution]

Thanks for being part of the Roku Community, @Bortsamsonhk!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We understand how important it is to have this feature on your Roku. 

As you may have observed already, this device was set up in a region where it was not supported; some of the features, including but not limited to the "Search" option on your Roku, are not available. Since we still don't have any information on when it will be available in some regions, we'll take this as feedback from you.

We value your opinion, and we'll let the team know about this. We're grateful you participated in the Roku Community. Please let us know if you need more help, so we can assist you further. 

Best,
The Roku Community Team