Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAfter luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with adsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down16
arrow-up1552arrow-down1external-linkAfter luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with adsarstechnica.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareCorngood@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI have a TCL Roku TV, and it has ads. I always thought that would be the same on any Roku device, but I guess not?
minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI do have ad blocking at the DNS level setup on my router But, the Firestick showed ads regardless of that, so…
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoLots of ‘smart’ devices have hard coded DNS IPs. Build an OPNsense box Forward all port 53 requests to your pihole ? Profit
I have a TCL Roku TV, and it has ads. I always thought that would be the same on any Roku device, but I guess not?
I do have ad blocking at the DNS level setup on my router
But, the Firestick showed ads regardless of that, so…
Lots of ‘smart’ devices have hard coded DNS IPs. Build an OPNsense box Forward all port 53 requests to your pihole ? Profit
This is the way.