[–] 4 points 4 months ago

I don't need to know who owns the licenses to the 40 background tracks, or which 3D artist crunched long nights to make that bendy spaghetti Black Panther fighting scene.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I understood, but the OP made it sound like something to replace Android TV.

    I wish the revive does well and we'll have a proper alternative, but the main thing they have to beat is what something like Android TV on Shield provides - otherwise it'll just be a thing to tinker with, not a replacement.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    That does not look better than project ivy launcher imho.

    From the 100 reasons to choose this over android tv, subjective thing like "better UI" is not one.

    Does it support SmartTube? Jellyfin? Refresh rate and resolution changing based on signal? Bitstream? Codecs? Exo player is a great default player used by many apps, what's this ones alternative?

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The difference is pretty big when there are lots of reflective surfaces, and especially when light sources move (prebaked shadows rarely do, and even when, it's hardly realistic).

    A big thing is that developers use less effort and the end result looks better. That's progress. You could argue it's kind of like when web developers finally were able to stop supporting IE9 - it wasn't big for end users, but holy hell did the job get more enjoyable, faster and also cheaper.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Sorry but EU is neither a lapdog nor responsible for the disaster you voted for. We aren't really asking for much these days, either. Business is good and new deals with China are boosting the economy.

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