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Part of me wants to be angry at this change but another part of me is honestly going "ok whatever". It's not like FireTV is the only game in town. These days y
by _fat_santa 1y ago
Part of me wants to be angry at this change but another part of me is honestly going "ok whatever".
It's not like FireTV is the only game in town. These days you can buy an RPI Zero or next to nothing and program it to basically the same thing as a FireTV with zero restrictions and no possibility for future restrictions.
- cheeze 1y agoThat sounds like a pain in the ass though. Explaining to my dad how to use Downloader on a FireTV is a lot easier than "hey dude buy a raspberry pi"
- bluescrn 1y agoIf there's a demand, someone will sell them ready to use, with preloaded microSD card, case, and cables.
- ls612 1y agoI mean even among android tv sticks alone there are plenty of no name chinese options out there, these things are dirt cheap to make and are basically commodities.
- clueless 1y agoany you would recommend that would compete with a fire-stick 4k Max level of hardware? and is open software, but that would also allow the installation of other media apps, like netflix, HBO max, etc?
- ls612 1y agoI’m not in this market I have a plex server so idk.
- Fabricio20 1y agoXiaomi has a really good one I've been using for years at this point. The 4K one. I'm sure there are more reputable chinese brands with alternatives as well!
- kyriakos 1y agoThere are a lot of Chinese devices out there with official android TV that do what firestick does and better with less ads and maybe even less tracking. People wanting to pirate will move to those. Raspberry pi is not cheap or the solution I agree.