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Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by permo-w on Monday October 24, 2022 @12:44PM (#33319044)
don’t bother with a firestick. firesticks used to be good, but last year they forced an update that did pretty much the same thing as Android TV, but worse. a massive ad-banner across the top of the home screen that you can’t get rid of, with your apps relegated to a tiny ribbon, followed by semi-adverts underneath

at least with android TV it’s sort of, somewhat a choice, for now, but this is flat-out immutable. you used to be able to sideload an alternative home screen, but another forced update removed that option too

buying a firestick is buying adverts for inside your house

Re:I help seniors with technology issues. A regular came in ... by znpy on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:01PM (#33320870)
That’s why i like the idea… had i bought the fire stick and it was trash, I could just throw it away and keep the tv…