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I have a TCL Roku TV and holy shit it was engineered to deliver ads. If it is not connected to the network, the power LED blinks and is very annoying. The power LED is right next to the IR receiver and can't just be taped over. Assigning a manual IP and DNS is blocked so traffic can't be routed through a pihole. I use the Jellyfin app on the TV so it needs local network access. At this point the damn thing needs to have traffic managed at a network level firewall. I don't have the hardware for the firewall at the moment but now that Roku has pop up ads for simply moving around the app menu (yes really), I may need to get on that.
Open up the tv, de soldier the led.
if your router is able to you can set up ACLs to allow the TV access to your network but not the internet.
If you set up your pihole as the DHCP it works. It's weird that you can't change the static IP...
Huh? I have 3 Roku Ultras, a Roku Stick, and a Roku TV and none of them do that. Have you gone into the Roku settings menu recently and checked your advertising settings?
Nah, they're doing A/B testing currently for their next several waves of ads. I think (but don't quote me on this) I read that in the new EULA.
That sucks. If I can't control the ads with settings, dns fuckery, or firewalling then I guess I'll leave their ecosystem.
Indeed. I'm saving up for a dumb tv with an HTPC, and hopefully will get it deployed before that nonsense comes my way.