Roku slammed over automatic ads playing at startup: ‘Considering jumping ship now’ By Fabiana Buontempo Published March 19, 2025, 9:45 p.m. ET ...

This is not particularly surprising, considering Roku’s CEO told The Verge in 2018 that it planned to make its Roku OS, which is found on TVs and streaming sticks, a “next-generation ad ...

Some Roku users are being greeted with something unexpected when they turn on their TVs—autoplaying ads. Instead of going straight to the home screen, some users have reported seeing full-screen ...

Roku is testing auto-playing video ads at startup, frustrating users. The platform also has persistent banner ads that users find annoying.

Roku has started testing video ads that play automatically before users even reach the home screen, and everyone hates them.