- cross-posted to:
- Anticonsumption@europe.pub
- cross-posted to:
- Anticonsumption@europe.pub
Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.
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This is one of the many reasons why you should be your own streaming service. 🏴☠️
I will absolutely be getting rid of mine if I experience this.
Yup!! 100%
Basically punishment for people who either don’t get their own streaming box/avoid tvs with roku built in.
Roku is the worst thing to happen to TVs since motion smoothing.
News to me, what Roku do?
I mean the sticks and boxes, not the TV’s themselves, I get those suck.
I don’t understand the question. I’m reacting to this story, what the company is doing, without distinction between the branded TVs and peripheral devices.
I get ads suck, and I was pissed and confused when I received one the other day on my Roku.
I just didn’t know if there was some other reason that they were the worst thing that happened to TV that I missed.
Oh god, and I was considering getting a Roku stick for my old dumb TV, glad I went for a Xiaomi box instead 🫣
I never plugged mine into the Internet. I just plugged in an Apple TV, and I’m good to go. No ads, no sweat, no problem.
New devices don’t allow that
I got mine three weeks ago from Amazon. How much more new can it get?
Really? Last time I used a Roku device it forced an account.
It appears to be device dependent, some have the initial online setup requirements, even the Community Forum on Roku’s site tells a poster they will need to setup with the internet connection and then can disconnect after setting it up.
Last post in this thread with a response by a former moderator.
You will need an internet connection and a Roku account to activate your Roku TV.
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Once the activation is complete, you can disconnect from the internet and continue to use your TV
Glad I never set up the smart features on my roku TV.
HTPC+PiHole 👍👍
Also if you’re cool 🏴☠️