The dark pattern I hate the MOST is when you pause a show on #Roku and after a while it goes to the screensaver. But it you pick up the remote and hit “play,” it hijacks your selection and thinks you hit play on whatever ad they were showing you in the little billboard on the bottom.

To actually unpause your show you have to hit any other button to get back to the show before unpausing.

Does anybody sell a dumb streaming box outside of Roku ? Like I want to be install Netflix as an app and watch it on my TV. But I otherwise dont want to login to google/amazon/apple ?

Failing that is their a #Floss solution here that would also be low maintenance and user friendly on my family.

The Indie Beat internet radio has a spoken word channel now! Very cool!

https://theindiebeat.fm/spoken-word/

It has been added to the #roku app and is available (along with all other stations) using any of these apps and devices:
https://www.radio-browser.info/users

If you are a #writer and record your words -- you can easily get them on air and heard by uploading to https://bandwagon.fm and tagging with genre "Spoken"

First start on allowing users to manually connect to an #owncast server from the #roku client.

So, so good.

You can click the button, enter a URL, and it saves the data to the Roku, allowing you to access the channel without having to type in the URL every time.

Much work still left to do, but it has begun!

Some ideas for finding new music to buy for #BandcampFriday on #bandcamp

Listen to https://theindiebeat.fm on the web to find artists

Or listen to #tibr in your fav app https://www.radio-browser.info/users

Or on #roku https://channelstore.roku.com/details/1935236acb98278a728dd17721fc3bbf/the-indie-beat-radio

Or scroll through recently played tracks @tibrnowplayingbot

Here are all of the #roku things I've made (all free):
https://limebar.github.io/roku/

I suppose I should post my Mastodon bots source code out there too... but only if people promise not to point and laugh.

(I should move all of this to #codeberg shouldn't I?)

When I get my new #Roku device for my new-old "bedside TV" I'm purposefully not going to put many streaming services on it outside of the free-with-ads ones like Roku Channel, because I do not want to encourage myself to get too involved with watching something while trying to go to sleep or staying in bed when I should be up and active.

Which is all to say that I'm really happy one show that is on most of those streamers is No Reservations by #AnthonyBourdain

Probably upsets me more than it should but it really pisses me off when I go to turn on my #Roku TV and they've changed my background to some ad

They've really gone all in on streaming and advertising..

Can we have one damn piece of anything that isn't about milking every freaking dime out of each and every thing?
No.

#advertising
#rant

Peace was never an option.

I'm very happy to announce the v1.1 update of the #Owncast #Roku client. This new release supports curating your own personal list of favorite streams as well as badging to show which are live. Huge thanks to @tgpo for pushing us over that final yard to get it published!

My first code contributions to the #owncast #roku client have been merged and are part of the upcoming release

Question for people who have Roku boxes: I am running my big 4K TV from a 10-year-old Roku 2. 4K works, it seems. Would I notice any difference, positive or negative, from upgrading to a modern Roku Ultra?

Here's a quick demo video of the rewritten #Owncast #Roku client.

Home screen, stream detail page, and video playback!

The Basspistol Outernational Music Syndicate #free #roku app should work on all Roku devices and TVs.

Search for "basspistol" on your device or follow this link to install from your account online.
https://channelstore.roku.com/details/6727005e5d8b65c34d15d02a6bcae446/basspistol-libre-radio

Find @basspistol radio online at:
https://radio.basspistol.com/public/basspistol
or using any of these apps or devices:
https://www.radio-browser.info/users