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Roku OS’s home screen now features a large, permanent ad (arstechnica.com)
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[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are certainly more expensive, but it's a "buy once cry once" type of thing. You pay a little more but the box works SO MUCH better and for longer than the cheap junk that'll show you a bunch of ads.

I have two of them at this point and zero regrets.

[–] mimavox@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Plus, it´s pretty easy to find used ones that are cheaper.