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This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 22 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Been there done that. I prefer the Nvidia Shield, easier interface to navigate with a remote, I don’t have to login first, it rarely needs an update, no noisy fans, I don’t need to keep a physical keyboard connected to it, it’s way cheaper, I don’t need to mess around with codecs, and there aren’t a lot of unnecessary services and background applications hogging memory and cpu resources.

I get that most of this can be fixed or worked around on a htpc, but that’s effort I don’t have to spend on a Shield.

[–] GeekySalsa@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

It also smoothly supports all dolby/dts stuff with no fuss. To my knowledge, there's no way to get dolby vision working on an HTPC.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This about avoiding android tv and ads though

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I run a Pihole, no ads.

[–] smooth_tea@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's BS. It's impossible for something like pihole to block ads like the ones we get on YouTube/Android tv because they are served from the same domain as the regular content and a pihole doesn't know the difference.

The only way to block them is to run unofficial apps that replace YouTube and the likes.

[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am using the default launcher and while I get ads for TV shows in the home screen, I do not get ads for third-party products like chicken wraps. I can also watch Youtube without getting third-party ads during or in-between videos. I assume given this is not BS, the ads are not being served from the same domain as the video.

[–] smooth_tea@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I really don't believe it. At some point it was even a suggested workaround to intercept requests to port 53 because the Shield or its apps were not honoring your network's DNS configuration. Which would be similar to the pihole not being in the picture at all.

If it's really working for you, I suggest telling the community how you've done it because this question pops up every other day and the answer is always the same.