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Skelletonike:
@Sicklyboy have you tried the xiaomi ones? I have a 4 year old one that managed to work just fine (tested once for fun). -
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Sicklyboy:
@Skelletonike, nope, not yet. only tried a LineageOS Android TV build and raspbian (with Plasma Big Screen which I can't get to work) on a pi4. Was thinking about running over to walmart today and seeing if they had their "Onn" brand Android streaming box in stock. Heard good things about those -
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BigOnYa:
Or a 4k firestick, I have several n they work great (mostly stream kodi from NAS drive) n they cheap. $25-50 -
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Sicklyboy:
I've had such crappy experiences with fire sticks that I don't want anything to do with them+1
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BigOnYa:
But I have seen people liking those ONN stream boxes, and they come w no bloatware which is nice. (firesticks has tons of bloat)
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BigOnYa:
I also use PiHole on my network which blocks most that crap, I definitely noticed all my smart stuff seems to work better after setting up PiHole+1
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Skelletonike:
Only experience Ive had was with the xiaomi one and with the one supplied by my internet supplier.
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SylverReZ:
@BigOnYa, And you must be careful not to find Android TV boxes come preloaded with botnets.+1 -
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cearp:
Hey, maybe he likes to be part of a community! What's wrong with being part of a friendly botnet once in a while+2 -
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SillyBee:
Tbh there gets a point you avoid so much crap you forget a lot of people fall victim to it -
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SillyBee:
I have seen people not use adblockers and my reaction is genuinely a visceral "BITCH YOU LIVE LIKE THIS?"+4
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SylverReZ:
@SillyBee, Imagine the shear amount of malware they had gotten without using an ad-blocker, hold that thought in.
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