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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by ladberg on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:38PM (#38195808)
I have a Roku TV (it was free) that I've never connected to the internet. Even when starting it up with an Apple TV it'll still hang out on the Roku home screen for 5s before even starting the input change.

It's pretty infuriating and definitely an intentional dark pattern.

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Re:After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fir... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @02:45PM (#38195883)
That is a device that belongs in the trash. I have always bought the cheaper Sony TVs ($600 to $700) and never experienced anything like that. All I ever do is use the Apple TV remote and it just turns the TV on directly to that.
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