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

Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by yummypaint on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:28PM (#24214118)

Is there a reason a standard computer can't work? You have linux and firefox with proper adblocking. Youtube runs at full resolution, netflix always works in the browser, as well as other services. I havent watched an ad in years and can't imagine going back.

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Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by jeroenhd on Thursday August 20, 2020 @07:44AM (#24222226)

Currently my TV is hooked up to a computer but it's hard to use the interface as a TV.

I want to use the TV as a TV, not just as a remote desktop. I've tried using KDE connect with mouse pad + keyboard remote control but the experience isn't great.

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Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by yummypaint on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:31PM (#24214180)

Wanted to add there are all kinds of interesting remote controls for computers in image search. With a non-desktop style gui it seems like a viable smart tv replacement.

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Re:How to turn off Android TV's homescreen ads, 'staff picks' by throwaway189262 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @07:31PM (#24218087)

A number of streaming services won't let you recieve 4K on PC.

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