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Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 98 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (21 children)

I have a HiSense TV and use ADB AppControl to disable/remove the telemetry or forced updates, and Projectivy Launcher to get a home screen/launcher that doesn't show ads. Both are free and work really well. I don't see trash on my homescreen anymore.

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  • [+] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)
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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    Until sept 2026...

    Do you really think Google will approve those APKs once they have fully lockdown android (that includes Google TV)?

    That's why this push from google to kill the APK installation without their blessing infuriates me!

    https://keepandroidopen.org/

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (7 children)

    yeah, we'll be working on grapheneOS tv boxes in a years time.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    I will 100% jump over to it if that does turn into a thing

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (4 children)

    HDMI + A presentation mouse and bluetooth keyboard on an old Pixel?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    A totally valid option I had not considered. Imo, the solution needs to be controlled by a standard remote. I tried for a couple years to get my family to use a media pc that used a media keyboard and no one would touch it. I turned it into a server and streamed to emby and now they will use it but only after I showed them it works even when the internet is down.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I TOTALLY feel you. I've wanted a good media remote for ages. seems like a project to repurpose a bluetooth remote to control a phone would be medium low difficulty

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I bought one of these from Flirc but never used it.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    looks pretty promising, i see there are a ton of bluetooth remotes on Amazon that are simple media on one side and keyboard on the back. I might have to screw with that on an android and see If I can cobble together a launcher that's media friendly

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Oh cool, I'll have to checkout those other tools!

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's great, but people who don't already own one shouldn't support this garbage company.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    No doubt. The market is shriveling up for people who want a new tv that isn't garbo. Outside of commercial displays which are like 3-4x as expensive and have lower image quality, I don't know of anyone making dumb tvs in a 55" plus size. Yes, you can opt not to hook them up to the internet but in a house with non-tech people, its a huge hassle to get them to want to use anything other than the built in apps. Even diy set top boxes running on a pi or shield are not as user friendly for kids or grandparents.

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