DIYer picks a "little insane"-looking setup for less tracking, more control.

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[+] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)
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    I don't know what you consider an ad. The Android (or Google?) TV launcher looks like this:

    Discover tab is an ad. IIRC, "Apps" also contains ads for applications to spend money on one way or another. The whole area below is an ad. Under your application-specific entries, there's more ads (something called "popular movies" or so). And no, you can't change the launcher to start by default as you can with phones. This is on a device sold in the EU.

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    This is both on the TV itself and on an added Android TV box that I have; neither allow removing the ads fully or changing the default launcher. Same problem but different ecosystem with the fire sticks.

    If there was no other way, I'd attach a shield to it and forget about the "smart" of my tv

    I bought the Android TV box for AV1 support, does the shield feature that?

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