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Just don't connect it to the internet and use an Apple TV instead.
by jamesy0ung 2y ago
Just don't connect it to the internet and use an Apple TV instead.
- rerdavies 2y agoJust don't buy an Android TV box. My ancient, very dumb, and totally wonderful Chromecast died, and I had to replace it with a Chromecast TV device. It's turned my TV into a 24-hour a day ad faucet. Transformed from a device that does remote Chromecasting very very well, to a insufficiently provisioned Android TV box that crashes and locks up frequenly when you are doing remote chromecasting. :-(
- Larrikin 2y agoJust change the launcher. Android TV is the only platform that can block YouTube ads and supports Sponsor block
- rerdavies 2y agoHuh. Thanks for that. I naively assumed that Google would lock down the launcher. I have emerged from darkness into light. The difference between an Android TV launcher that's designed give people what they want, and the baroque monstrosity that results when Google tries to extract every fraction of a cent of advertising revenue that it can is startling. My TV just became an appliance that does exactly what I want, no less and no more, instead of a cacophony of distractions and diversions trying to convince me to do things I don't want to do.
- zie 2y agoThat's exactly what we do. Works great.
- RandomBacon 2y agoI hope you never have a guest that connects it when you're not aware.
- zie 2y agoThe smart TV part is not connected to anything, there is no ethernet cable to it, and the WIFI is not setup. The remote for the TV is in a drawer. The Apple TV is the only thing connected, and it will auto turn the TV on/off by itself(thanks HDCP). So I guess someone could go really far out of their way to make the Smart TV parts work again, it doesn't seem very likely. We use Plex almost exclusively, it provides the Live TV.
- RandomBacon 2y agoI hope you never have a guest that connects it when you're not aware.