On my Roku the ads aren't just off to the side. When I go to the home screen there are now "recommended" shows above and below my channels, and they are initially selected, so I have to scroll down past them to get to my actual channels.
replyEvery one of those sections can be trivially turned off in the settings. Mine just have the list of apps I installed on my device.
replyYes, which you have to do repeatedly after every software update when they change your settings.
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