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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
(arstechnica.com)
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Am I the only one who sticks to old school solutions like a dedicated HTPC running Linux and Kodi instead of ad-infested Android TV sticks/boxes?
If you bought a Vizio TV 4 years ago it now has a "feature" where it switches inputs to the ad-ridden integrated android system if it detects that whatever input you are on doesn't have a signal for more than 5 seconds. Even if you pull it from the network it still tries to load it anyway. It's becoming unavoidable even for those of us who roll our own solutions.
Why would you even connect your TV to the network in the first place? I use an LG Smart TV but I never connect it to the internet.
I connect my LG because jellyfin works great on the built on web browser. I can also run it on a firestick or chromecast but I like the interface provided by the browser.