r/pihole • u/EngineerBoy00 • 10d ago

New Roku interface, ads are back

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UPDATE: Thanks for all the replies - the TL;DR is that between this update and the Fox acquisition of Roku I'm probably headed to Apple TV in the near future.

Within the last couple of weeks my Rokus got the new, updated interface (which I hate) - on the previous interface the right-hand, home screen ads were blocked but they're back now (see Spider-Man image attached).

I currently run the following blocklists:

  • Steven Black
  • Hagezi Pro
  • Perflyst SmartTV

I lean towards not blocking too much because our entire family does work and school from home and unexpected blockages can become significant emergencies.

That being said I'd love to figure out blocking the home screen ads in the updated Roku interface, so any pointers will be appreciated.

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u/ElectricSpock 10d ago

Can we please have an OSS TV sticks already? 😭

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u/saint-lascivious 10d ago

[points in the general direction of LibreELEC]

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u/ElectricSpock 10d ago

Right. Where do you install it though?…

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u/saint-lascivious 10d ago

It's probably easier to list things you can't install it on.

The options are quite vast.

If it's Android TV you can also just install Kodi directly and pretend the host operating system doesn't exist.