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I detest turning on my TV and getting ads from the TV itself (recommendations). I detest it even more of there is some show/celebrity I don't want to see but ev

I detest turning on my TV and getting ads from the TV itself (recommendations). I detest it even more of there is some show/celebrity I don't want to see but every day for a week/month whatever it's shoved in my face. I'm happy Apple TV (the device not the service) starts up with no ads. Android TV / Google TV is all ads (for shows). I managed to manually turn them off but now my is super ugly. You can't set a startup image or anything since it's reserved for ads. (well, short of writing my own launcher) I don't know what I'm going to do for my next TV. I'd love to get a dumb TV but casually glancing through options it looks hard to find a dumb TV with high end features for a reasonable price. Most of the display oriented monitors seem to be 4x-10x the price and/or use 10yr old tech.

loughnane 6y ago
Spectre + Roku + Pi-hole is a really nice experience
- Cd00d 6y ago
  I'm 2 for 3. What's Spectre? Google returns mostly Bond.
  - kidfiji 6y ago
    I’m pretty sure he’s talking about “dumb” Sceptre TVs that have no smart features
    - loughnane 6y ago
      That’s right.
rendall 6y ago
"...detest it even more of there is some show/celebrity I don't want to see but every day for a week/month whatever it's shoved in my face." I literally stopped using Google Play Music for podcasts because that Adam Ruins Everything guy is always at the top of their recommendations. No problem with the guy or his content, just, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, seeing that guy, every time I switch podcasts, with no way not to see it. Doesn't matter now anyway, Google Play Music is another service that lost the PM wars