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wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months agoIt takes some research if youve never done anything like it before, but you can drip feed it the internet via a pihole, and starve it specifically of ads and data collection. Keep the functionality, kill the leech.
Google smart tv pihole, theres a few guides, for anyone interested.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
But why? It doesn’t need that for anything. Just plug an old computer in via HDMI and bookmark movie-web.app or download/stream stuff from anywhere. Much better quality, interface, and no jank.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
Just depends on what you need it for, and what youre trying to plug into it.
For example, some people dont have spare computers to turn into a mini server, but do have $60 and the time to fiddle with a raspberry pi.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Mines a 14 year old gateway you could prolly get for free or under 100, much more powerful than a RPi. Using Windows 10 on it with zero issue.
I do have a couple Pis next to it but those don’t hook up to any screens, I just tunnel into em.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 11 months ago
Not that theres anything wrong with your setup, but if Ive not got a spare pc or laptop, Id rather get the new pi than risk cheap older hardware that might fail sooner than later if all its gonna do is basically play as a pi.
Plus, like. Pi’s are cool. All compact and efficient. Adorable little motherboards.
deezbutts@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Lol all that work to protect yourself and then you put win10 on it