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What is a product you would never recommend? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by TheArstaInventor@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] SlakrHakr@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Roku anything

I have a tv from them and one day the PBS kids app just stopped working. I contacted customer support and they just told me it was the app developer’s fault, nothing to be done. Waited months thinking it would eventually resolve but never did.

And recently where they:

Blocked people from using their tvs until they accepted a new agreement and
Filed for a patent that defines how they can start overlaying ads on top of other connected devices over hdmi

Glad I shut off wifi to my tv years ago and plugged in a separate smart tv hdmi dongle. And not getting anywhere near anything that says Roku on the packaging again.

[–] OxidantZero@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've never had a Roku TV, but I've been using two of their HDMI connected devices for years.

I've never had an issue, but one is too old and needs replacing. What alternatives would you suggest I have a look at?

[–] SlakrHakr@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

We’ve used the Amazon firestick before and it worked well. Currently we use the google chromecast/tv dongle for both ours tvs.

Nice thing about the google one is that it makes any Google movie/tv show purchases available, and Amazon movie purchases are still available through the Amazon video app.

But they’re pretty comparable. Depends mostly on what ecosystem you’re in or would prefer to be in.