‘It’s going to be about 100,000 advertisers.‘
  • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    I’ve always said I want to see more commercials made by people who have no idea what they’re doing and with near zero oversight for quality or taste.

  • Damaskox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    Commercials over the basic channels on the basic TV is its own curse but It’s difficult for me to understand why would someone want to watch YouTube through their smart television since the service pumps lots of adds in those videos as well - after years of me watching everything at home via my computer screens that are guarded by the amazing solution of AdBlock ♥️

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    381·
    3 days ago

    AI generated ads

    It doesn’t happen a lot that headlines make me vomit a little in my mouth but this one did

  • notannpc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    Man it must be rough out there for regular people that put up with that kind of bullshit.

  • goodboyjojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    That sucks. People already have to pay to get rid of ads on streaming services last I remember. I wish companies would stop aggressively showing ads everywhere.

    • ShieldsUp@startrek.websiteEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I pay extra for paramount+ ad free version and they still show me periodic ads. Its infuriating. And they are much louder than the show content, as a cherry on top. What an awful service.

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    I’m about to be seeing a lot less Roku…

    They know they’re entirely replaceable right? Like the Amazon fire tv, apple tv, Chromecast… Making their platform shittier really shouldn’t be their top priority if they want to stay in business.

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    “This company is too cheap to pay someone for a proper advertisement.”

    Using AI like this seems like a counter productive way to build brand awareness.

    • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Kinda. I recently got a shield pro to replace my roku. Customization, and no ads are nice, but for what it cost, what a fucking piece of shit. Hard freezee that require unplugging is the main issue, but it also doesn’t respond to remote presses frequently on start up. Takes 30+ seconds sometimes before the remote works.

      For more than double the cost it shoukd blow the roku ultra away in every sense. And I shouldn’t have to adb hack it to install a custom launcher.

      • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        That’s been my experience too. I had heard so much good about it, but it feels so janky.

        I really wish there was a normal minipc option with a good remote controlled UI. But they all have such terrible interfaces or if it’s running Linux, weird limitations by streaming vendors who lock Linux to 1080p because they are afraid of piracy, as if that actually prevents anything at all.

        I can’t stand how normalized these invasive ads have become. I have a child at home and she is too young to know how intrusive ads are. I don’t want my 7 year old being shown ads for content that they aren’t mature enough for.

      • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Thank you for this. I was setting up to buy an nvidia shield to replace my roku ultras.

        FWIW, I have so far tried:

        • Onn Google TV 4K: Returned it, freezes constantly.

        • Jailbroken AMZ fire stick w/ LineageOS. Buffering issues and wireless issues in general. I still use it, but not my favorite.

        So for now it seems my next purchase will be a TiVo Stream 4k android device or a jailbroken fire tv cube and if that fails, I may just have to DIY an android Pi system lol.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        I did the same replaced a Roku device with a shield when Roku started doing startup ads. Seems to work fine then won’t respond to remote and needs a reboot, some weird stuff with the VPN too. Should have probably just got a mini form PC instead.

      • wshrader@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        The ONN devices from Walmart work near-flawless, even the $14 stick. I would recommend starting there.