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

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Post by jbluepolarbear »

headmelted wrote: post #496
jbluepolarbear wrote: post #488

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You’re wrong and confused on the Apple TV. There were is a home bar on tvOS, apps in this bar directly represent the ads you’ll see. If you highlight tv then you get ads for shows in that app. Likewise, highlighting the App Store shows ads for popular apps and services. You can remove any of these apps from that bar.

False. Others in this thread have already spoken about getting ads for Peacock, Disney+ and Hulu even though they don’t have the services installed , let alone in the app bar. Today I tried to continue watching a show I’ve been watching for a month and Apple wanted me to pay money just because it’s on Netflix. No mention whatsoever that it’s on Netflix or even a banner to read “content from other services may not app…

I don’t have this experience and I’ve pointed out you can tailor your experience in tvOS. Ads are pulled from the app highlighted. If you put apps on the home bar that aren’t the tv app, App Store, iTunes, iMovie, etc you won’t get ads. How is that so hard to understand?

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Post by jbluepolarbear »

timeinput wrote: post #407
jbluepolarbear wrote: post #382

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And that’s a feature that makes sense promote tv shows on your tv device. Most/all of the promoted shows are from apps already installed. Like the Disney+ Promo for Raya. I already had Disney+, so it was more of a hey watch this new content you’re already paying for.

I only have Hulu installed, and it's the only paid streaming service I use. I'm getting ads for peakcock and disney+ too.

Is the App Store, iTunes, iMovie, or tv+ highlighted? Because that’s how ads work on Apple tv

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Post by pixxel »

AshamedCaptain wrote: post #172
pixxel wrote: post #51

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PiHole to remove those Roku ads! I have PiHole running on a five dollar Pi Zero. Just sits on a shelf doing its thing on all devices connected to network.

PiHole and similar ad-filtering proxies are a very fragile solution. The moment Google just decides to stream ads through the same domain as the "regular" content (e.g. updates, Play Store, etc.), what exactly is the PiHole going to do? This is not a "cat and mouse" game, like in-browser ad-blockers where the advertisers change something then the ad-blockers try to catch that. The in-browser ad-blockers have a lot mo…

> The moment Google just decides to stream ads through the same domain as the "regular" content (e.g. updates, Play Store, etc.), what exactly is the PiHole going to do?

I don’t use anything Google so your point, whilst true, doesn’t affect me. In fact I use PiHole to block Google and its tentacles from entering my network.

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Post by pixxel »

temp8964 wrote: post #61
pixxel wrote: post #51

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PiHole to remove those Roku ads! I have PiHole running on a five dollar Pi Zero. Just sits on a shelf doing its thing on all devices connected to network.

Does it leave a blank space on the home screen? I feel I am fine with the Roku ad in a rectangle box on the side of the home screen.

Yes it leaves a blank space where ads would otherwise show.

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Post by headmelted »

jbluepolarbear wrote: post #501
headmelted wrote: post #496

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False. Others in this thread have already spoken about getting ads for Peacock, Disney+ and Hulu even though they don’t have the services installed , let alone in the app bar. Today I tried to continue watching a show I’ve been watching for a month and Apple wanted me to pay money just because it’s on Netflix. No mention whatsoever that it’s on Netflix or even a banner to read “content from other services may not app…

I don’t have this experience and I’ve pointed out you can tailor your experience in tvOS. Ads are pulled from the app highlighted. If you put apps on the home bar that aren’t the tv app, App Store, iTunes, iMovie, etc you won’t get ads. How is that so hard to understand?

Please see posts above and elsewhere in the thread.

Services are advertised regardless of what’s in the App Bar.

Shows are advertised on services that aren’t even installed, even if they’re on Netflix and Netflix is installed.

Movies that are on Netflix are shown as iTunes rentals for additional fees, with no message to the user that they can watch it on Netflix.

I asked if you know of a toggle to switch these of, I’ve been unable to find anything to suggest such an option exists either on my device or via Google.

I like a lot of what they make, but tvOS is just bad in it’s current state.

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Post by jmacd »

z0mghii wrote: post #328
jmacd wrote: post #49

The new Apple TV 4K is a absolutely better than any of the high end android tv devices. I’ve been through them all (at considerable expense) and am now totally happy on the new apple tv

How does the upscaling on apple tv compare to Nvidia shield's ai upscaling?

It appears to be quite a bit better. I had been considering upgrading my TV while on the NVIDIA, but haven't considered it since moving to the new Apple TV

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Post by kmonsen »

eitland wrote: post #493
kmonsen wrote: post #492

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I was stupid,just switched and the new one is a lot better. How come the stock keyboard is so much worse? Thanks for the tip! Which one do you use BTW?

Happy to help :-) I'm using SwiftKey - but I only type with it, I don't swipe. Also they are slowly introducing more bugs but it is still usable. You then, which did you end up with?

Also SwiftKey.
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