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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

PSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.

[–] Pixelologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Which do you use?

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

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?

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

I have no idea what a reddit controller is.

[–] OhShitSon@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think he meant to type "remote" instead of "reddit".

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

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

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] skyspydude1@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

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.