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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by kingsuper20 on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:39AM (#26993316)
You might consider the thing that I have, an Nvidia Shield. It appears to work fine and is a lot snappier to use than the Rokus or Fire TVs I've used (also $200ish).

After owning quite a few internet appliances through the years (Roku,Fire,Shield,internet radios,Kindles,etc.) I've noticed that they one thing you can always count on working is a desktop/laptop PC.

edit: I notice that people above have also mentioned the Shield. Sorry for the repeat.

I keep wondering how long youtube will be standable. You can see the ads sneaking in bit by bit over the last few months (5 seconds with cancel, 2 x 5 seconds with cancel, 2 x 6 seconds with cancel, 2 x 6 seconds without cancel on one thing I watch. The worst has been firing up somebody's music list and getting a 5-10 minute(!) ad between each song).

I really should be getting to work on a hoard of videos stored locally. The days of 'free' entertainment are coming to an end.

Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by arsome on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:45AM (#26993384)
Personally I love having a desktop plugged in as I mainly watch YouTube, Plex and play games, but for someone who's planning to use a lot of DRM-encumbered services like Netflix, they often restrict the streaming resolutions available to desktop PCs where the DRM isn't as capable. A Shield will work nicely in those cases though.
Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by jessaustin on Friday April 30, 2021 @04:59PM (#26999236)
You can see the ads sneaking in bit by bit over the last few months...

Every time I see a comment like this, I get a jarring reminder that some people don't have uBlock Origin installed. Probably unavoidable on a "device", but like you say the PC is eternal.