AppleTV would be my recommendation for people that want a clean interface with no ads and they don’t want to or can’t modify an android TV box to a custom launcher. It’s just about a perfect experience right out of the box. It’s a shame about the shitty remote though.
For people willing to get their hands dirty, androidtv having SmartTubeNext is a killer tool for YouTube and for me gives it the edge.
SmartTubeNext might be the greatest thing about AndroidTV just for the sponsor block. It’s so amazing.
Pihole helps. If you have androidtv you can setup a custom launcher and avoid it on your interface.
I did the exact same thing. Also blocked androidtv updates in case Google starts pulling shit regarding custom launchers.
It’s gross how ads are being crammed in every little nook of our lives. Not like the ShieldTv was a cheap device either.
Pretty sad to see Roku going down the same road. Guess forcing a third of the screen devoted to ads just wasn’t enough.
Oh shit, I just started going to Aldi and sounds like I am one of the idiots doing it wrong. The store I am going to seems to be setup same as a typical SCO though. I don’t know that I have noticed a bagging counter. Will be looking next trip I guess.
You got that right. It’s so great walking right by everyone queued up at the registers.
Covered in the article. In Norway you are required to signal when exiting a roundabout. It’s a fair concern.
Microsoft’s search engine is nowhere near as good as Google’s.
I don’t know… Googles search was clearly better five years ago. They clearly still have dominant market share, but they have been shitting up search results the last few years in the name of monetization a lot. I haven’t found their results to be better than bing, at least not by a lot.
Their algorithm is still good, as if I use a search engine that sources from Google, the results are typically what I would expect. But from Google itself, the results have sponsored content barfed all over actual results and it takes a little effort to find what I was searching for.
I have gone on to alternative search engines and been so much happier. I will fallback on Google when I need to, but it’s been extremely rare.
Well yeah, if you were paying $50 a GB wouldn’t you too? Got to lock that shit down!
If it wasn’t $1600 maybe I could buy that. But at that price I am expecting a little bit more and only including 8 gb is pathetic.
Add in sponsors that some ass holes throw 2-3 in a video (FU LTT) and I don't know how people watch YouTube with ads. It sucks so bad.
I do pay for premium, but use smart tube on my android tv box and it feels so good when it rolls right past them.
Did that guy solo a dragon at the end? Verant really setting up some reasonable expectations there. Lol
They have been diminishing 3rd party launchers with various updates already. Multitasking gestures broke various things and didn’t work well with third party launchers - I think the animations still don’t work. The toolbar they added for foldables and tablets only works with the built in launcher. The last one sucks because Samsung made one for the Fold prior to that which was launcher agnostic (was better too imo).
That said, things are still pretty great and it’s one thing I hope they never kill off as it allows a crazy amount of customization and personalization. Without it, fuck me might as well get an Apple (well maybe not).
That’s real cool! Ever comes to the states I’d take a hard look at it.