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Google TV's homescreen video ads now include fast food too (9to5google.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yeah, because everyone is asking for that. They will force ads into everything they can, because Google is an Ad company.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I sure would like the option to pay for the HW/profits up front and not have perpetual ads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, this tends to be why I keep going back the Apple. It’s performant, will be supported for a decade, and can be configured as a minimally annoying app launcher.

Biggest problem is that a lot of the setup and security stuff isn’t as nice if it’s not paired to an iPhone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ya I'm an android user but my wife/kid use iPhones and I actually have a MacBook. I hate iPhones, and don't love apple but I do really like my mbp :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, we’re also a “blended family” with regards to platforms. Some of the stuff in my house is in Google’s ecosystem, some is in Apple’s, and I have a Pi in the house that plays mediator between the platforms.

I have a box of chrome cast devices in many different flavors. I mostly only use them for traveling. Home media I keep on the bulkier AppleTVs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh, we're all in google here (because of me) except the two outcasts (even though I'm outnumbered)

We have 6, and about to have 12 chromecast audios that run speakers all through the house. All tv's have google TV dongles except the main tv that has Shield TV (still android) Google mini's in every room

You say "Pi" to mediate? What do you mean there? (Raspberry pi?). I run Pihole in our house for ads,trackers etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For example, things like home bridge running on a pi so Google products can be controlled like HomeKit products for the Apple-verse family members.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I run Home Assistant (on a Pi) :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Nice!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How well AppleTV works with Android? Can you cast stuff from Android or is it strictly for AirPlay?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That’s the one problem. Apple pushes AirPlay, and Google pushes casting. Neither company supports each other's protocols by default.

There are a few applications that allow you to airplay from Android. That said, my TV has both AirPlay and casting support built in, so I haven’t looked into the third party apps in a while. And before that, I used to have a vanilla chrome cast behind the TV in addition to my Apple TV.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Amazon actually have you this option with the original Kindle. They sold two different versions where the only difference was that the cheaper one would show ads.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Hah, ya I had one of the ad free Kindle and even commented on it form a second thread in here

https://infosec.pub/comment/6149270