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After luring customers with low prices, Amazon stuffs Fire TVs with ads (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (7 children)

PSA: It is incredibly easy to get an alternative launcher for android TVs. Zero ads. Literally none.

[–] Pixelologist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which do you use?

[–] Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

FLauncher. It's even on the Google play store.

Then you have to side load an app that changes the default launcher. But that is also very easy.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When you're served ads, you're not the customer, but the product. The customers would be the advertisers. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, mind you, until it stops you from consuming the context you intended on consuming. Then it becomes a problem.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And when I'm paying for the privilege of getting ads.

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[–] TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

An Apple TV box doesn’t have ads.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

That's only because they don't have the market share. If Apple ever becomes dominant in this arena they would absolutely take the opportunity.

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[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh no! Whoever could have foreseen this awful turn of events! Amazon would never (checks notes) stuff ads down our throats.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Put your network behind NextDNS or a self-hosted solution like Pi-Hole or AdGuard Home.

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[–] Luisp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you seen the TV that has a second screen that just plays ads

[–] hank_the_tank66@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

And apparently has cameras and sensors that detect if you cover up the 2nd screen. Truly dystopian, but also they weren't exactly hiding these features if people bought the TVs...

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm pretty sure everybody saw this coming. Well, everybody with any brains in their head.

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