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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads

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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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OEMs are increasingly focused on using TVs as a way to show customers ads.
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    PSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.

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      Which do you use?

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        FLauncher. It’s even on the Google play store.

        Then you have to side load an app that changes the default launcher. But that is also very easy.

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          Thanks

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      What android TV would you recommend? Even with an alt launcher, can you still control OS/apps well with just a remote controller as input?

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        I’ve had a good experience with my Sony. Very easy to change things and sideload stuff.

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        Sony is the easiest to change all the settings. Samsung is the worst.

        I have no idea what a reddit controller is.

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          I think he meant to type “remote” instead of “reddit”.

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            100%, Reddit must have infiltrated my autocorrect after I fucked off here to Lemmy :)

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            Ahhh. Then yes. Remote works the same. Change the default launcher to FLauncher and it automatically maps it to the home button.

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        I like my Philips, it’s got the cool ambilight and runs android TV. I think they lag slightly behind LG in performance but these don’t have either of those things.

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