Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ...
by xibo9 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:41PM
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Can you be more specific? I have multiple Apple TV STBs and don't see what you're describing.
Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ...
by easton on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:46PM
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They’re probably talking about the Apple TV App on tvOS, which searches services you don’t necessarily have. You can get rid of it though, so I don’t know what the big deal is.
Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ...
by foepys on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:13PM
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You can get rid of it - for now. That's what the whole thread is about: there weren't ads until there were.
Years ago, the App Store also used to not show ads.
Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ...
by headmelted on Sunday June 27, 2021 @05:01AM
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Exactly - it’s identical to the problem in this thread.
Google TV launcher == Apple TV app on tvOS
You can remove the Google TV launcher but with it huge amounts of device functionality (including search). Same as for the TV app.
Literally zero difference other than the customary Apple free pass they always get.
Re:Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to ...
by SixDouble5321 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:39PM
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On Roku, not sure of the others, standard router-level adblock worked.
The ads hadn’t rolled out yet on Shield when I moved over but for some reason I just assumed Apple wouldn’t be shilling ads at me constantly for services I don’t have, or trying to sell me content I already have access to.
More fool me. Fire TV is worse, but I’ve heard Roku is much the same.
The Smart TV ecosystem is rot all over.