This is the same Fox that owns Fox News. So now Roku's advertising push can include a side of misinformation.
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2026
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I was just at my father in laws house and he has roku, it already does that. He went from voting for Harris to last week saying "Trump is the smartest president we've ever had".
Sounds like dementia.
Fox news is specifically designed to target the elderly as their critical thinking skills are fading, targeting their most triggerable fears. Fox Brain is a known phenomena, one which can usually be reversed if easy access to Fox News is removed, as seen in this documentary.
I myself was able to stop my mother from going down that path with the help of a browser add-on that let me block right-wing rage bait news from showing up in her YouTube feed, which had an almost immediate and lasting effect.
Link to the addon instead of a preview of a comment with the link https://github.com/amitbl/blocktube
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$22 billion to get the maga propaganda machine front-and-center on more screens than cable tv ever did, and timing is just right to get it all going in time for 2028.
One of the things on my FOSS wishlist is an open source alternative to Roku/GoogleOS/Apple TVos, etc. there are lots of FOSS apps on these various platforms, but those apps almost always have varying levels of quality and availability across them.
Right now the closest you can really get is media center PC, but what I really need is something relatively plug and play I can send to family members, preconfigured.
yes I totally don't know why this isn't more of a thing. here's hoping that "plasma bigscreen" will change that. https://plasma-bigscreen.org/
Yeah, a jailbroken Roku OS would actually be fantastic. The actual TVs aren’t bad. Roku has actually figured out how to do streaming decently. It just sucks that the entire company seems to be going down the shitter, and they’re determined to drag all of their screens down with them.
I blocked by Roku TV’s telemetry BS with my pi-hole, at least. But that won’t stop them from trying. Having a way to flash a new FOSS/jailbroken OS onto it would be ideal.
Same. I'm currently doing the mini PC media center. It's nice but I don't see my family doing something like that. It's a bit too expensive and less plug and play than a $40 Roku/Chromecast unfortunately.
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That's disappointing.
Tons of older folks (like my Mom, grandma, my aunts) have Rokus set up to replace cable. They don’t know how to operate individual apps, but they love Roku TV (which pops up by default), and kinda just watch whatever comes in.
So… Yeah.
That’s not worrying at all.
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The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year. It still needs approval from Fox and Roku shareholders and also regulatory approval.
Hahaha, regulatory approval is f@ing guaranteed these days, as long as the proper fees are paid in advance. F@ck you, felon in chief. 😡😡😡
fuck is the word.
you know: you can swear here
Oh shit, for real? Fuck yeah!
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Welp, time to discard all things Roku in my house. I've already been trying to make everything "dumb" again.
No, microwave.. there's no fucking reason you should be "phoning home"... get the fuck outta here with that shit.
Welp, time to discard all things Roku in my house. I’ve already been trying to make everything “dumb” again.
As if Roku is some great company beyond Fox lol
Yeah, all corporations are bad.. sure. My point was the tipping point for me personally breaking away from the convience of Roku's all-in-one streaming would be the addition of Fox's no doubt right wing propaganda injection, even more malicious privacy invasion, and data tracking.
I didn't say Roku was a "great company" just because I may have a few of their devices already... we all have crap in our house from one bad company or another, no one can fully escape corporate consumerism, and if they can they wouldn't be on here to read this, more than likely.
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It would certainly be a shame if some rogue Roku employee deployed an update that stripped ads and broke automatic updates for all devices right after Fox finalizes the deal but before they get anything out of it.
that's a nice idea, but when they catch-on it probably wouldn't survive six months before breaking changes are implemented on the backend somewhere.
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I'd settle for a crack so I can make it a plain ole linux htpc.
Bonus points if I can configure the remote.
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Capturing all media distribution.
Well shit.
Well that sucks, the disinformation network just got a much broader reach.
Guess I'm glad I never bothered with Roku
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Oh no! Not the pop-up AD Smart TV company! The only reason to have Roku today IMO is for those cheap Roku subsidized TVs but only when you keep them completely offline. I truly feel bad for all the people who have them connected to the internet but this is pretty on par for Roku.
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Well that's some shit I'm gonna toss in the garbage. All of the streaming in the house is done on PCs or Playstations currently, so it won't be a big loss. I have a few devices sitting around to take for travel or whatever, but I can find other solutions.
Dear corporate America:
I reject your enshittification. I don't need your service. Fuck yourself with an axe-head.
– Shel
Oh, ffs.
This on top of tubi? It seems that Trump's henchies really do have all of FAST in their goddamn pockets.
Already switched to an Android box since Roku was getting crappy fast. Projectivity launcher. Still need a fork to go mainstream to reign in Googles app developer shenanigans. If memory prices weren't so screwed up, would have been a perfect time for Steam Machines to push regular Linux as an HTPC closer to mainstream
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Cable is dying hence Murdoch needs a new way to broadcast his propaganda to old people.
KODI KODI KODI KODI KODI KODI KODI KODI KODI
Don't be lazy. Put some work into customizing your setup. Enjoy a better life.
Fuck Fox and Fuck Roku. It will only get worse. My Roku is already the top blocked device in my Pihole, making thousands of telemetry requests for no good reason. Time to remove...
It’s not about laziness. Roku is used by a ton of people who don’t know what a linux is.
The best solution would be for an open source roku alternative that is plug and play
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Guess it’s finally going to be time to flip over to AppleTVs.
Sail the high seas.
I dread the day my Nvidia shield dies. The next less shitty option is probably using an apple tv, but I really wished Nvidia made a new version with a bit more power
I've spent a solid 4 years at Discovery/WBD, working on their video playback engine for all things Android. This includes all of Android TV.
I am still an Android engineer, but all my TV systems are Apple TV. This should tell you everything.
but if it didn't... Google really made the TV experience of Android go to waste. Underpowered hardware, badly written software, all resulting in stuff like sluggishness, UI freezes, apps crashing, not to mention the frequently messed up hardware/software layer (took us 2 years to make Sony admit they messed up like 3 years worth of Bravia TVs...).
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Propaganda machine is on the move.
Gotta find a way to connect with the old people now that cable is going the way of the dinosaur.
The regulators allowing this should be shot.
Of all the devices in my house, besides the computer I use all day for work, the Roku gets the most ads blocked by my pi hole.
Even my partner who is chronically infinite scrolling some major platform has less ads blocked
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The same Fox owned by Disney?
Different Fox, article addresses that. 21st Century Fox was sold to Disney. This is Fox networks, think Fox "News".
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