Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads in Android TV

Post by Teledhil » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

Bayart wrote: post #64

sdflhasjd wrote: post #6

My shield updated to this the other day. I'm pretty furious about it, it's not a cheap device, and it's certainly not Google's. To be adding these "features" without asking, irrespective of whatever agreement between me, Nvidia or Google exists, is ridiculous. I know it's in whatever terms I, uh, "accepted", but there's just no escaping it in this day and age. Fortunately, I know how to use ADB and just installed ano…

Wouldn't a hosts file or a local DNS[1] or VPN[2][3] with hosts file support solve that without having to switch software ? I'm using Netguard on Android devices I don't want to root and it's been good. Plus it does per-app firewalling as well. [1]: https://www.zenz-solutions.de [2]: https://netguard.me [3]: https://blokada.org

Post by Omniusaspirer » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #72

Speaking of this, YouTube changed recently for me and now unskippable ads are 15 seconds and if you watch them on a chromecast you can’t skip them from your phone anymore. You have to go into “remote control mode” and navigate the on-screen UI. Nothing grinds my gears worse than stuff you buy and integrate into your life unnecessarily degrading in performance/behaviour. I might actually be about done with YouTube, wh…

Post by mumblemumble » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:11 PM UTC

seanp2k2 wrote: post #100

Covzire wrote: post #38

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I haven't had cable for about 15 years now, and commercials are a big reason. But it's not even just the commercials, I just wasn't interested in the six hundreth special on Nostradamus or aliens on the history channel, or shows purportedly about space exploration that are 50% CGI and 49% speculation masquerading as observations or any kind of "reality shows". Yes and nothing makes me feel like my brain cells are com…

Yep; either show me ads and give me the content for free, or (ideally give me the option) let me pay and don’t show ads. If product people / The MBAs at a company think that there should still be ads on the paid version, consider what those are worth. I haven’t seen anyone try it, but consider a model of three options: 1. Free with lots of ads, 2. Paid but cheap with less ads, 3. Most costly but no ads. Basically, I…

Post by Jcowell » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:18 PM UTC

revscat wrote: post #167

sdflhasjd wrote: post #158

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Not that it's Apple's fault that YouTube has ads. But Apple don't seem to allow any alternative YouTube clients on the store.

Hm. My immediate counter to your point was “that is because YouTube doesn’t allow anyone to use their api,” but now that I think about it I’m not so sure. Is it Apple keeping non-Google-produced YouTube clients off the App Store, or is it Apple? Maybe both?

Post by emodendroket » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 6:19 PM UTC

ipaddr wrote: post #172

emodendroket wrote: post #95

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Wasting thousands of dollars tossing working hardware doesn't seem like it's really sticking it to manufacturers at all.

In some cases you be forced to. Discovering a hidden camera that takes random photos and send them for audience verification might be one reason I would drop a product.