Jerkofalljerks t1_jb9d64n wrote on March 7, 2023 at 12:23 PM

Reply to comment by plastic_eagle in All the streaming boxes suck now - There are no good streaming boxes, and I blame everybody. by speckz

Don’t see a purpose for it. I didn’t see anything on Apple TV+, I’ve got Rokus and they do a great job.

NoUserNamesLeft98 t1_jb9ec4t wrote on March 7, 2023 at 12:34 PM

We have a couple Rokus + ad blocking at our router. No joke, the router blocked 130,000 ad requests from the 2 Rokus last week, and a lulzy 183,000 a couple weeks previous. I have no idea why they do this, but 183,000 is about 1 request each per second.

toddklindt t1_jb9ml2d wrote on March 7, 2023 at 1:48 PM

I have Rokus behind a PiHole. They generate a lot of traffic. I think the majority of it is telemetry, as opposed to requests for ads. That being said, I think Roku behind PiHole is about perfect. There are no ads, and its search will let you search for a show and it will tell you which service it's on. I prefer its spartan interface to one that's busy, or has a grid. I rarely channel surf. When I watch TV it's deliberate. A grid does me no good.

zzazzzz t1_jbs935y wrote on March 11, 2023 at 8:35 AM

its becuse you block it, it requests an ad, connection gets holed. so it retries to fetch the ad ad infinitum.

Jerkofalljerks t1_jb9fr90 wrote on March 7, 2023 at 12:48 PM

Wow. I pay for ad free

StrategicBlenderBall t1_jbo0e7n wrote on March 10, 2023 at 12:36 PM

Apple TV+ has some great content, but the actual hardware is by far the best of the bunch. I used to use either my PS4 Pro or Fire TV HD, but once PlayStation TV died and the Fire TV just slogged through basic use, I went to an Apple TV and never turned back.