Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen

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Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen
techradar.com

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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I block logs.roku.com and cloudservices.roku.com on my pihole without impacting any functionality.

Is there a good resource to learn how to install that kind of a system for a person who's tech knowledge ends at one semesters worth of C++?

Yes setting up a Pi-Hole should be pretty doable for someone like you. I can't recomend a specific tutorial off the top of my head, but there should be plenty to find.

You mainly need a pi running raspbian or a pc running some debian based distro.

Anyone can set them up, it’s just running an app