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Re:Amazon Sidewalk by bmcahren on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:01PM (#27120494)
A disconnected roku works well once you fumble around and bypass the mandatory setup then activate HDMI-CEC so Google TV can simply and easily power, unpower, and switch inputs without issue.

The remote is simple enough only containing maybe 6 unused buttons.

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Re:Amazon Sidewalk by fossuser on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:12PM (#27120651)
Roku has ads built into the UI? I'm also not sure how it meets the qualifications of everything else I listed?
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Re:Amazon Sidewalk by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @04:03PM (#27122812)
What I find amusing is that I never noticed the ads on my cheap Roku TVs until they were mentioned on HN. I never spend more than a few seconds on the home screen, and that's the only place they appear.
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