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wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Lol all that work to protect yourself and then you put win10 on it