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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

Personally I love it. Being able to boost results from some sites while depriotizing or even banning others has been real helpful. Not having unrelated "sponsored" content cluttering up the results is certainly nice as well. The results themselves feel like Google from ten years ago, relevant and on point.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Not anymore though. They spun kfc, taco bell, and pizza hut years ago and they are under the yum brand now. They still have exclusive contracts regarding fountain. Not sure what other connections are left.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Hey that's pretty cool. I did see the unbagging area when picking up few items yesterday. Going to give it a shot next time I go to Aldi. It's not a busy store and I always see an empty register, but maybe that's because everyone else is doing their shit right.

I did notice the bigger bar codes and that the Aldi registers scanned real well but somehow didn't put the two things together.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's real cool! Ever comes to the states I'd take a hard look at it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Not for a while, at least not on their flagships.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AppleTV would be my recommendation for people that want a clean interface with no ads and they don't want to or can't modify an android TV box to a custom launcher. It's just about a perfect experience right out of the box. It's a shame about the shitty remote though.

For people willing to get their hands dirty, androidtv having SmartTubeNext is a killer tool for YouTube and for me gives it the edge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

SmartTubeNext might be the greatest thing about AndroidTV just for the sponsor block. It's so amazing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pihole helps. If you have androidtv you can setup a custom launcher and avoid it on your interface.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

I did the exact same thing. Also blocked androidtv updates in case Google starts pulling shit regarding custom launchers.

It's gross how ads are being crammed in every little nook of our lives. Not like the ShieldTv was a cheap device either.

Pretty sad to see Roku going down the same road. Guess forcing a third of the screen devoted to ads just wasn't enough.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Oh shit, I just started going to Aldi and sounds like I am one of the idiots doing it wrong. The store I am going to seems to be setup same as a typical SCO though. I don't know that I have noticed a bagging counter. Will be looking next trip I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You got that right. It's so great walking right by everyone queued up at the registers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Covered in the article. In Norway you are required to signal when exiting a roundabout. It's a fair concern.

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