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Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
submitted 2 years ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads.

  • Roku will be adding more ads to the home screens of its devices and TVs in the near future.
  • The ads will be interactive and 'shoppable' and will cover a range of industries, including restaurants and cars.
  • Roku already has a significant amount of ads on its home screen, and it is unclear if users will be able to change their preferences for the new ads.
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[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

After reading so much about this, I'm definitely going to start reading up on running a Pihole at home

I'd like to ask for suggestions on FAQs or guides that'd help me get started.

TIA!

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Your don't need to run your own pihole anymore, unless your goal is to not share your dns history of course

Controld.com and many others has free dns which blocks ads

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is there a free DNS from Controld.com I can just put in my network settings?

I only saw the paid option. - thx

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah just click free dns from the menu

[–] sonovebitch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Adguard DNS does that for free : https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yep I'm using adguard but heard they have new owners of unknown security accountability

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm going to take a look. Thanks!