Apple is building a demand-side platform

Re:Apple is building a demand-side platform by denkmoon on Thursday August 04, 2022 @07:38PM (#32349690)

I use an nvidia shield TV for many many years. It was perfect, after having tried raspberry pis and cuboxes and all manner of shit low perf SBCs as a HTPC.

Mid 2021, Google forcefully replaced the launcher/home screen for all android TV devices, such that the first 1/3 to 1/2 of the screen is taken up by an ad. You can't disable it, you can't remove it, there is _nothing_ you can do about it. Every time you use this home theatre device, the first thing you're presented with is an ad. I paid for that device and the software on it. I paid for youtube premium to avoid ads. I paid for google drive space to store my data. It's not like I was getting a free lunch.

I've got an Apple TV now, and an iPhone as well - replaced my OnePlus.

I use chrome for work unfortunately, yesterday I was _delighted_ to see that Google had very helpfully placed an add for their new wireless earphones on my new tab page. Very cool.

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Re:Apple is building a demand-side platform by 1-6 on Thursday August 04, 2022 @08:10PM (#32349935)

At least the ad for the Pixel buds was a little piece of text. But I agree, it’s nice not to have ads on every single thing.

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Re:Apple is building a demand-side platform by AdamJacobMuller on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:11AM (#32357270)

I replaced the launcher with SCL3. My entire home screen is 3 buttons now: Plex, Spotify and STube/Youtube with 0 chrome/fancy/ads/etc. I love it.

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Re:Apple is building a demand-side platform by easrng on Friday August 05, 2022 @04:29PM (#32361608)

I'm pretty sure the NTP ads only show up if you use Google as your search engine.

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