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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

If you want customization and the ability to sideload apps, get an Nvidia Shield. There are custom OSes you can load which remove a lot of the spammy ad BS that the Shield’s default OS has baked in.

If you want ease of use and setup, get an Apple TV. It won’t natively run all of your pirated hentai apps, but it at least has Plex so you can stream custom content from a server if you set one up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You don't even need a custom OS, just a custom launcher. I'm using FLauncher on mine. You can use adb to disable the built-in launcher.