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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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Amazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Almost every smart TV platform is, at this point, a billboard for ads with your apps sprinkled in, but where...
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    For all of Apple’s faults, their Apple TV is pretty decent. A home screen with apps on them; no ads. It’s great

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      God, if I could just install SmartTube and Kodi/Stremio on an Apple TV, I’d convert in a heartbeat. Until then, I’ll keep my Shield TV Pro.

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        Chromecast with stremio is still the perfect streaming setup for me, now if only the voice recognition on the remote was a bit less shit.

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          Chromecast with stremio

          Just so that people are aware, from stremio’s privacy policy…

          The analytics technology we use is Google Analytics. To learn more about Google Analytics and your privacy, visit https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics you can use various browser addons such as https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or https://www.ghostery.com/ .

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      If only it didn’t require me to buy a newer iPhone or iPad to validate my account.

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        Pretty sure you don’t need one. I’ll look into it later tonight and get back to you though

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          In order to update my Apple TV, they tell me I have to have a newer phone.

          Similar to: https://www.reddit.com/r/appletv/comments/ys4z35/apple_tv_is_now_unusable_without_an_iphone/

          Now you can use it, but guess what is required for future app updates? Later OS updates. It’s a trap.

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            I don’t know how to fix your problem but I am curious about it.

            I assume you have an old iPhone tied to your iCloud account. What happens if you untie that phone and wait like a day (some iCloud stuff is weird and can take about 24 hours to update server side info)

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              You can enter the credentials manually. I just did it few weeks ago.

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            Are you the OP in that post? This screen comes up when you add an Apple ID. I recently signed out of my Apple TV and got the same screen. I used the physical remote and entered my credentials. I didn’t need to use my phone, even though that was an option. Maybe this was an issue with iOS 16 as the post is a year old.

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        Well that’s destroyed any interest I may have had in them

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      Agree 100% with this, and I’ve tried most all of them.

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