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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by Nursie on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:06AM (#33018062)
> Either they stuff some Android stuff into the TV

Are you aware of Google TV? It basically is android on the tv, and it's on lots of low to high end tvs across a bunch of manufacturers (Hisense, Tcl and Sony last I looked).

It's more than good enough for people who are done with cable and broadcast (I'm one of them). There are apps for all the streaming services, both my country's tv channels and the big players like netflix, apple, disney etc, and they perform great.

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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by easrng on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:30AM (#33018207)
Not all Android TV devices support all the streaming services. Mine works fine with Disney+, Amazon, and Apple TV+, but Netflix won't support the device for some reason.
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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by Mindwipe on Thursday September 29, 2022 @08:49AM (#33019832)
> Not all Android TV devices support all the streaming services. Mine works fine with Disney+, Amazon, and Apple TV+, but Netflix won't support the device for some reason.

That must be... an extremely niche device. With some considerable knowledge of the space, I cannot think of an Android TV device that supports Apple TV but not Netflix ever.

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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by easrng on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:30PM (#33030564)
It's this projector: https://us.xgimi.com/products/mogo-pro
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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by scarface74 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @08:52AM (#33019867)
You mean the company that abandons software quickly? That’s the last thing I would want on my TV. At least Roku has a history of supporting its hardware.
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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by Nursie on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:40AM (#33020476)
Sure, android has totally been abandoned, damn shame.

And you know what? If they do abandon it, I'm still free to buy an add-on of some sort, so I haven't lost anything compared to people who have this weird obsession with dumb-tvs.

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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by scarface74 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:18AM (#33021902)
It’s not Android being abandoned. The issue is your device being abandoned.
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