Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV
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I gave them 1 star and left a bad review for each of the fire tvs...they called me about the revie and then did nothing...buy a roku and throw out your $800 fire tv...it is worth it to take the loss for your own sanity

I recently bought a Roku and was surprised to find they force ads on their home screen. It's obviously not as terrible as a fullscreen ad but its still very annoying.

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buy a roku

Wait, what? A Roku has more ads than a fire TV. 1/3 of the screen is always an ad. For new releases they'll sell the entire screen as an ad. ( Disney's Seeing Red was a full screen splash ad on my Roku.)

OK open to any other options and I mean any....there has got to be someone who can wite hacks to fix issues like this...they are doing it for chrome?

Roku is more closed than Amazon fire. I've read about rooted Fires.

Apple TV seems the least intrusive right now but I've never used one personally.

I've had an AppleTV for about five years+ now and have yet to see an ad placed on the main screen.

Lol the Roku has far more invasive ads. Get a Chromecast, or best yet, an Nvidia Shield.

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