Real-Debrid + Stremio and if you only want anime, just go the route of VPN + Hayase.

Screw these streaming services making everything more and more expensive meanwhile making it much more shittier for the users.

Dumb TV for the win, even if the screen is dying with a slight static effect over the image

Dunno if all the described changes have gone wide yet, but I've not had an ad on my Roku since I set up my pi hole. https://pi-hole.net/

IIRC I hid/disabled the recommendations row through the Roku settings.

first google tv, now roku. I hope fire tv stick home screen is still free of this home page with ads

Yeah so Kodi right, what are your thoughts?