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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by sdflhasjd on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:54AM (#27884010)
That is certainly better than the Shield, which is giving me recommendations for stuff I don't subscribe to.

As far as I understand though, is that it will show recommendations provided by installed apps. I do have Prime, and I still don't really want recommendations without explicitly asking for it.

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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by js2 on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:48PM (#27885353)
FWIW, I own both a Shield Pro and an Apple TV. I use my Apple TV most of the time. I find it a much nicer interface. The only time I use the Shield is with Plex for watching Blu-rays that I've ripped because it supports pass-through of Dolby TrueHD and the Apple TV does not.
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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by nyjah on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:22PM (#27884360)
The appleTV app might do that, but I use the AppleTV and just avoid the appleTV app and it doesn't interfere with anything. If I had an ad appear one day I'd throw the whole thing away.
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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by afavour on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:03PM (#27884111)
If I recall you can disable this on a per-app basis.
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Re:Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads i... by siegecraft on Monday July 19, 2021 @12:23PM (#27884381)
This is different from the recommendation "channels" that each app can provide. You can choose whether or not each one shows up on the home screen, re-order them, and so on.

This is a giant banner at the top of the home page that shows ads from random streaming services that you may or may not subscribe to or have installed.

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