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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (18 children)

Just disconnect your TV from the Internet and get an Apple TV.

[–] Kekzkrieger 27 points 1 month ago (17 children)

First yes, second no.

The dumber the device the happier the user.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

Apple TV doesn't try to do much other than being a very technically capable passthrough. You get pretty much every streaming service, multiple Plex clients etc. And no ads.

My 1st Gen ATV4K is 7 years old now and was buttery smooth until last tvOS update, now it's only slightly smoother than most high end TVs. That's quite a good run.

[–] Kekzkrieger 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You mean the same Apple that was found guilty to artificially slowing older devices with software updates?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

I always found it tough to get upset with them much for that one. They had to deal with battery aging because they were the ones to support their devices long enough for it to matter. Plus I had a Nexus 6P at the time, and when its battery started getting weak the damn phone would just shut off while at 30% or whatever.

Them sneaking it in was obviously bad though.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes. Have you ever used Apple TV? This thing is leaps and bounds ahead everything of else, even Shield in terms of pure performance.

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