flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screenarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 days agoAbout 10 years old actually. It’s the TI-83 of streaming boxes at this point: an absolute fucking rip-off. Pretty on-brand for Nvidia though.
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYeah it’s got about the same specs as a $30 Amazon tablet and you’d now be relying on the largest ad company in the world (Google) instead of Roku, so it does seem like a total ripoff at $200
About 10 years old actually. It’s the TI-83 of streaming boxes at this point: an absolute fucking rip-off. Pretty on-brand for Nvidia though.
Yeah it’s got about the same specs as a $30 Amazon tablet and you’d now be relying on the largest ad company in the world (Google) instead of Roku, so it does seem like a total ripoff at $200