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Jordan117 ,

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ZeroCool ,
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Water… like from the toilet??

Brickhead92 ,

This guy talks like a fag!

__init__ ,

Go away! Batin’!

SVcross OP ,
@SVcross@lemmy.world avatar

Hell.

1984 ,
@1984@lemmy.today avatar

Best comedy ever made.

Dran_Arcana ,

*documentary

breadsmasher ,
@breadsmasher@lemmy.world avatar

Google is, and always has been, an advertising company. Thats their bread and butter

bbigras ,

I understand putting ads on a free service like Google search or YouTube. But I bought this fucking Chromecast. I even suggested it to friends and family.

Another case that pisses me off is having bought a pixel watch at premium price and they want me to pay a monthly shitty Fitbit subscription to provide me with some trivial computations.

Same thing with their Google home screen. You pay a good price and you need a subscription to use the fucking sleep sensor that you paid for.

Another one is having a premium pixel pro and they still want me to buy a Google one subscription to get useless photos filters with Google photos.

I love that Android is open source (mainly) but fuck you Google you are an embarrassment to your former self.

Ghostalmedia , (edited )
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There is a reason why these things are under $50, and the boxes without ads cost 3x more. This is always Google’s playbook. Start with limited ads on a free or cheap service, then open things up to a monetization team to milk it.

bbigras ,

Tbh I don't know if they would cost 3x as much without ads. The hardware is kinda shit. It's slow are barely working.

Start with limited ads on a free or cheap service, then open things up to a monetization team milk it.

Yeah that is probably they plan all along to lock us in and then enshitify it as time go on but even if they sell them at loss, we consume a lot of YouTube (I even rent movies from Google). They can make their money without ads, if they actually cared about having a great product and not just milk us.

TexasDrunk ,

That's how they started. Small, tasteful, text only ads. It's how they got all their market share. Everyone loved them because at the time the internet was a nightmare of pop up ads, toolbars, and seizure inducing flashing boxes.

It's like when the big box stores come in with lower prices to drive smaller shops out of business then jack up their prices once they're the only game in the area. It happens less now because they used those tactics years ago to push out Main Street, but you can still see it from time to time.

circuscritic ,

It's a function of the OS. My Nvidia Shield TV has fucking ads on it.

ripcord ,
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That part is enshittification, true.

morriscox ,

Prostitution is legal in Nevada.

krimson ,
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Checkout Projectivy or any other 3rd party launcher on the app store. I installed it on a chromecast and an Nvidia Shield the moment they started showing ads.

Also won’t be buying these anymore in the future. Rather setup a Raspberry Pi and use that.

bbigras ,

Yeah I already use Projectivy. It's pretty nice. Thanks.

I'll also check other alternatives. I hope there is way to use the Chromecast protocol with Foss servers.

bandwidthcrisis ,

The Fitbit subscription also includes

Emergency Sharing, Fall Detection, Safety Check, and reach emergency services and contacts

So some safety features don't work without it!

bbigras ,

Wow!

morriscox ,

The best kind of sleep.

mipadaitu ,

If you have a CCwGTV, you should be using Apps Only mode. Sucks that Google hides this, because I've found that this is the best streaming device for my needs, but they just keep pushing ads like this. Makes me want to do a homebrew chromecast device.

But switching to Apps Only mode is a decent workaround... for now.
https://support.google.com/googletv/answer/10070784?hl=en

redcalcium ,

Will this really remove the ads? From your link:

In Apps only mode, you don't get personalized recommendations on your home screen. You’ll find a list of installed apps that you can open to find something to watch. You'll also find sponsored content and teasers for popular movies and shows.

mipadaitu ,

There's still a single banner at the top, but it's not a giant scroll of ads, and you only have to click down once to get to the apps, instead of scrolling past a whole page of "suggestions"

mundane ,

Yes, It turns the home screen to a grid of app icons and nothing more.

__init__ ,

It’s a shame that this turns off the ability to use the google photos screensaver too, to the point it’s a deal breaker for us.

SVcross OP ,
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Can't you install a custom launcher?

circuscritic ,

Yes, but you can't change the default launcher in the settings. You have to configure the custom launcher to automatically launch everytime, which does require a some adb commands, if I recall correctly.

Otherwise, setting it to apps mode is the only alternative. Aside from disabling ads, it does disable a few other useful features, but the trade-off is worth it.

But honestly, now that AppleTV allows VPNs and proxy apps, I've mostly stopped using my Google TV boxes.

dan1101 ,
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There are now food ads in Apps Only mode on my TCL Google TV.

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