Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAfter luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with adsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down16cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareSanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoPSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.
minus-squareSanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-211 months agoFLauncher. It’s even on the Google play store. Then you have to side load an app that changes the default launcher. But that is also very easy.
minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoWhat android TV would you recommend? Even with an alt launcher, can you still control OS/apps well with just a remote controller as input?
minus-squareskyspydude1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI’ve had a good experience with my Sony. Very easy to change things and sideload stuff.
minus-squareSanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoSony is the easiest to change all the settings. Samsung is the worst. I have no idea what a reddit controller is.
minus-squareOhShitSon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI think he meant to type “remote” instead of “reddit”.
minus-squareSnapz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago100%, Reddit must have infiltrated my autocorrect after I fucked off here to Lemmy :)
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI like my Philips, it’s got the cool ambilight and runs android TV. I think they lag slightly behind LG in performance but these don’t have either of those things.
PSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.
Which do you use?
FLauncher. It’s even on the Google play store.
Then you have to side load an app that changes the default launcher. But that is also very easy.
What android TV would you recommend? Even with an alt launcher, can you still control OS/apps well with just a remote controller as input?
I’ve had a good experience with my Sony. Very easy to change things and sideload stuff.
Sony is the easiest to change all the settings. Samsung is the worst.
I have no idea what a reddit controller is.
I think he meant to type “remote” instead of “reddit”.
100%, Reddit must have infiltrated my autocorrect after I fucked off here to Lemmy :)
I like my Philips, it’s got the cool ambilight and runs android TV. I think they lag slightly behind LG in performance but these don’t have either of those things.