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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by gpspake on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:44AM (#27883873)
A lot of ad conscious users have been glad to pay the premium price for the Shield because of the ad-free experience. I've had the device for years and this is the first time I've been subjected to ads that I can't remove.
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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by wccrawford on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:02PM (#27884100)
I suspect this took nVidia by surprise as well.

I'd be fine if Google just had an opt-out option for these "ads". I can't believe it isn't an option.

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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by beerandt on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:29PM (#27884466)
Nvidia had been opting out of this launcher update for at least a year, so they knew it was there.

They may have been less aware of the timing of Google over riding it, but they should have at least known enough to be working on an alternative (assuming they wanted to).

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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by LoveLeadAcid on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:02PM (#27884109)
It's Android-based. Of course there was always spyware, and you just learned that the ads can be shoved into your face at a whim. Unless you're tech-incompetent this isn't a big surprise.
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