Roku Features You Need To Turn OFF Right NOW!!! | You're Being Watched

Roku is a great device, but did you know that you're being monitored? Data is being collected and a profile is being built of your activity to serve you custom ads. In this video I'm going to show you what features to turn OFF to help keep your activity private.

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[SteveDOES]

Thanks for checking out this video. I hope it helped you save money!

[jimmyhawkins]

That is any smart device you use. Your phone is the biggest issue that is in your business at all times.

[leahmax]

Loved your step-by-step guide to resetting some features. I have a spare Roku TV I'm giving to my daughter. Your video helped tremendously! THANK YOU!

[janej]

Thank You 🎉
I am not knowledgeable about how to change any systems, so I leave them as is, so I don't mess anything up.
Now I went along with a great teacher, YOU, and changed what I wanted on the Roku.
Thank You, AGAIN ❤

[walkinlight]

I absolutely love my Roku stick! Stopped direct tv and happy as hell. Thank you for the important information!

[erinmeisterheim]

Thank God you exist. Thank you so much for what you do❤❤ God bless you

[geee]

I stopped buying potatoes because they were watching me with their eyes.

[sarahs.]

I can no longer use my Roku TV, because the legal team has downloaded a no option to comply arbitration agreement. Basically, if you do not hit accept that you will not ever sue Roku, your Roku TV will never be able to used again. It does not give you an option to opt out. For it thos morning on my tv. The legal teal hijacked my tv.
What is our country coming to? How can they even legally do this, I bought this tv.

[NancyDunton-hbir]

Years ago, I did this and unplugged my tv, camera can't work, voice record won't work. Spying on me stopped. I stopped answering phone calls . the caller will leave a message or leave a text message. If I don't want that number to call back, I block the number. My phone is for my convenience only, not unsolicited sales calls. The same as trespassing on your physical property, harassment. I even cover the device to interrupt turning my device on remotely trying to use these features while I'm asleep and placing in another room from their toxicity. If they can't see or hear that saves you from being spied on visually without your knowledge .

[palominogirl]

First time here, and I'm pretty happy I already don't use those features! There is no way that my phone, or my television, or my truck for heaven's sake, should be listening to me. I bought a little tv for my she-shed, and it is a smart tv, the only one the store had that was small, and it is the most annoying thing EVER. It tries to tell me what to do instead of the other way around. In the winter, I basically use it as a speaker, plugging it in to my laptop so I can hear an audio book or something while I'm washing dishes, etc. It's always trying to sell me a channel or something. My other tv's, with the Roku, wait for me to tell them what to do like well mannered appliances.

[suzysanders]

Wow- I’m 77 and my Handiman has RoKu so he’s going to install and set is up. I hope I can learn how to manage all this. I’m tired of watching all on my computer and my Samsung just told me that my old Apple play won’t be usable any more and the mirroring our casting from phone option quit about a yr ago on my Samsung 2015 so- channels like yours certainly help.

[dipperdanpeach]

Great video. I followed the instructions and turned off a lot of crap on my Roku. Thanks. Liked & subscribed.

[wyattmorris]

There’s no more privacy doesn’t matter what you do.

[annemitteness]

Thank you for that privacy info. I had no idea!

[carrieroderick]

Thank you for all the good tips I just reset my son's TV in his bedroom appreciate it very much!! Just came across your channel today love it I will be watching more videos!! Again thanks for the help and the great advice!!! 💯🤙🏼☝🏼

[dracosummoner]

Thanks for the tips. And I never knew about the customizable cosmetic themes.

[obelus]

This was great thanks! I didn't know what nefarious shenanigans was going on in the background.

[nodak]

One of the things I love about the Roku is how straight-forward the home screen layout is. It's just a list of apps and a menu. I hate my Fire TV and Onn Android TV devices, they're both so cluttered that not only is it hard to navigate and find what the hell I'm looking for but the device is lagging due to all that crap on the screen. They're also full of bloatware you can't uninstall. I have the same complaints about the last couple generations of game consoles.

[tiagarcia]

Thank for explaining the roku payment method. I know people that when setting up their up their roku and not being familiar on how it worked the people they talked too told them they had to set up the payment method through them. I was confused when l heard that because l never had that happen to me although l had my method payment setup with Netflix since l was using that service at that time. Now l Can better explain to people that they don’t have to set up the payments through Roku and to do it through the streaming companies the are going to use.

[MinuteBurn]

One Roku 'feature that we don't like is how the TV dies almost exactly at the 2 year mark. They need to fix that problem.