• ink@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    This is so annoying. It goes into a full screen ad as soon as you turn it on, so I babysit the remote and navigate to an app as soon as it turns on, in order to avoid ads. It also does this if you let the TV idle, which I also hate. I might just throw it away and go back to hooking up a laptop to the TV instead. I paid $70-ish bucks for this stupid thing.

    Edit: I just remembered that you can hack these fire sticks, so i’ll probably try that first.

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      1 year ago

      Chromecast 2. Very cheap and no hassle. Just stream from your phone or computer. Virtually every video streaming app I have ever seen is compatible. There’s a remote app you can use on your phone if you want one of those too.

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      1 year ago

      Isn’t there some consumer protection law against this, I mean this is really invasive and not doing what you expected it to do when you bought it.

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          Anything less than allowing every corporation to plunge their tentacles into the inner depths of your anus is 100% communism.