How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks'

Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by noja on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:55AM (#24211783)

> Which is also littered with ads and prevented side loading of kodi before iirc

I use it just fine. Not sure what adverts you are referring to past the tv season suggestion on the home screen, but I use a pihole.

You can use a recent Pi if you want plain Linux. It evens works with CEC. No idea about YouTube though (I share the video to the Fire TV Stick and it plays).

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Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by morrbo on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:11PM (#24212854)

Idk if pihole blocks these but here you can see the ads https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-specs/fire-tv

It also requires signing in at all times (not 100% sure on this) to use the device so I don't consider it a viable alternative to a "dumb" android box which has a plain experience throughout

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