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Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've noticed they have added this trick to my FireCube. When it's first powered on it looks for the remote and often doesn't find it. Then as you press a button on it, it clicks the first show or movie being advertised.

I didn't pay top dollar for a cube to deal with this crap.

I'm finding I'm using my laptop more than my cube these days. I'm also cancelling services as I go. Arrrhh time to go!