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minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoYou ever wonder why many of Rokus remotes don’t come with a mute button? Weird huh… Maybe just an especially expensive button, huh?
minus-squareLaurel RavenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoHuh…I must have gotten lucky because all of mine have a mute button…
minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoIt’s a problem. Also reports of some reviews that do have mute buttons, but the functionality gets selectively disabled - I.e. on the YouTube app, pressing mute will pause an ad, but not mute. The point is to force you to complete watching ads.
You ever wonder why many of Rokus remotes don’t come with a mute button? Weird huh… Maybe just an especially expensive button, huh?
Huh…I must have gotten lucky because all of mine have a mute button…
It’s a problem. Also reports of some reviews that do have mute buttons, but the functionality gets selectively disabled - I.e. on the YouTube app, pressing mute will pause an ad, but not mute. The point is to force you to complete watching ads.