After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads

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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads
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PSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.

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?

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 :)

Ahhh. Then yes. Remote works the same. Change the default launcher to FLauncher and it automatically maps it to the home button.

I've had a good experience with my Sony. Very easy to change things and sideload stuff.

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.