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Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

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Re: Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

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Post by gumby »

fny wrote: post #356
billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

Unfortunately Apple TV remotes are a nightmare to use. The touch UX is an absolute pain.

Use your phone as the remote. I agree the ones they ship are dreadful.

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Post by kmonsen »

fny wrote: post #356
billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

Unfortunately Apple TV remotes are a nightmare to use. The touch UX is an absolute pain.

Just use the TV remote and hdmi cec.

Re: Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

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Post by arminiusreturns »

Advertisers are ruining the internet, how can we take them down a collective peg or ten? Congress is bought and paid for on both sides of the isle, so if you wanna address issues like this, you have to fix congress first, and the two parties are too far gone to ever be correctable.

Its time for a radical shift away from party politics... if you want solutions that is.

Re: Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

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Post by swiley »

billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

I hate to be that guy (no I don't) but this is why I just plugged one of the spare outputs on my PC into the TV with a 20ft HDMI extension cable and use a bluetooth keyboard/mouse to open movies from the living room.

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Post by csunbird »

thiht wrote: post #345

I recently bought a 2000€ Sony Bravia which I love, but the update adding ads is atrocious. I paid premium and still get fucking ads, it’s a nightmare! The weirdest thing is that these ads have a political agenda, every day it’s for a new LGBT program. Every. Single. Day. Right now the three ads on the carousel are Pride on Disney+, Turn it Around on myCanal (French cable which I don’t use, I have no idea why I have…

The ads are just the companies virtue signaling.

Re: Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

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Post by dkdbejwi383 »

LegitShady wrote: post #33
Ansil849 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's very straightforward: do not buy products that have the capability to have ads added to them retroactively. There is zero way any of the three televisions in my house will have ads added to them unless someone physically comes into my home and replaces the television sets.

I was looking for dumb tvs a little bit ago and it's quite hard to find. Every company wants to turn their hardware sale into an eternal revenue stream.

You’re also limited to mostly LED televisions

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Post by novok »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #359
billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

Can you sideload? Is there NewPipe? Pass. No ads but no choice. It solves one issue but creates another.

Yeah i agree, s-tube and newpipe are really great and you’d never get that on an apple tv.

Would’ve gone for an apple tv otherwise

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Post by larusso »

larusso wrote: post #357
billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

Yeah sadly the Nvidia Shield is in the same ballpark when it comes down to the price. I have both an Apple TV 4K and an Nvidia Shield. I bought the shield when Apple had no 4K device as an alternative to get 4K HDR on Netflix. But I decided to shell out money again for an AppleTV 4K because they offered better support for HDR in movies and the general support to adopt features like Dolby Athmos is way faster on Apple…

I just realized that android tv and Nvidia shield experience are two different things. So it did and auto update. Bloody …

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Post by binarypenny »

techlaw wrote: post #200
cs702 wrote: post #67

Where does the "ad invasion" end? Smart toasters that force you to watch ads before getting your toast in the morning? Smart windows that display ads that block your view of your backyard? Smart paints that display ads on your bedroom walls? Smart shower-heads that play jingles as you wash yourself? Smart brain implants that directly induce subconscious desire to buy certain products and services? Is there some kind…

- "Smart" alarm clock requires micropayment to use snooze. And they say: "Why not? We indicated in the TOS (on page 4) our ability to 'modify the program as needed to better support our customers or our services.' "Also please note that our TOS, which incorporates our Privacy Policy, allows us to sell your wake-up time to third parties in real-time. "And before you say you never agreed to our TOS, we say you did when…

They wouldn't need to bury that in the TOS; they'd make it a feature: "Our innovative pay-to-snooze feature helps you get up earlier by penalizing you for hitting the snooze button"

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Post by dre85 »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #359
billyhoffman wrote: post #335

I hate to be that guy, but this is exactly why I happily paid for an Apple TV. Yes, it’s $100 more than basic streaming sticks, but I have never had to worry about ads suddenly appearing after an update. This whole space is a race to the bottom with sticks being sold at or below cost because you are the product. For example, Vizio revealing in their first quarterly report as a public company that they get nearly as m…

Can you sideload? Is there NewPipe? Pass. No ads but no choice. It solves one issue but creates another.

I totally agree. I can't imagine paying the price of a premium laptop for a phone without newpipe.
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