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Those Roku Ads Are Just a Setting, Actually
No one likes ads, especially when they get in the way of what you’re actually trying to do. I doubt a single Roku user wants to see obtrusive banner ads while they’re looking for something to watch (unless you wanted to DoorDash dinner from your TV?), but what can you do? Roku wants to show…
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How to Figure Out If It’s Worth Paying to Get Rid of Ads
People seem to be split down the middle on ad-supported TV streaming — 49% of subscribers saying they were “very satisfied” with it in a recent survey, while 54% of those same respondents say they plan to switch to ad-free tiers of TV streaming in the “next 2-3 months.” That suggests many of us are…
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TikTok Tracked Your MAC Address: Now What?
Well, it could be worse. TikTok could be suffering some gigantic data breach that exposes your account credentials and private video snippets to the world. But the alternative isn’t much better, privacy-wise: a recent Wall Street Journal report found that the popular social network tracked Android users’ MAC addresses for at least 15 months, only…
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Block YouTube Ads With A Single Keystroke
One of the more frustrating things to deal with on the web are the small (to not-so-small) video ads that pop up before YouTube videos you’re trying to binge. Even though most of them let you skip to your video after a few seconds, this advertising-filled interlude can feel like an eternity. We have a…