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> - I have access to the play store for apps, not some proprietary tv manufacturer subset of poorly developed apps. That means I can install the retroarch/plex/
by reedjosh 6y ago
> - I have access to the play store for apps, not some proprietary tv manufacturer subset of poorly developed apps. That means I can install the retroarch/plex/etc android apps directly from play.
> - It has built in google assistant which I use every day to play music and yt videos (as well as controlling other stuff in my all-google house.
You're not getting it. The whole point is to avoid constant tracking. If you have Google services, you're being tracked.
- iFreilicht 6y agoThe point is to get to choose the experience you want, and if you want the simplicity of having an Android box connected to your dumb Tv, that’s a-ok. If you want to go kore custom and just have a raspi with plex on it, that’s great, too. The problem with smart TVs is that they force tracking and ads upon you, with little to no options of opting out.
- jannes 6y agoThe problem with Google is that they force tracking and ads upon you, with little to no options of opting out. You don’t know what background processes are running on an Nvidia Shield, do you?
- iFreilicht 6y agoI do, I’m just saying not everybody cares. And one may care even less when there’s no ads to be seen.