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Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Clarifying “Android” here feels misleading. Sure, they’re all Android devices, but they’re not what people think of when they think of Android devices. And they’re also unlikely to be the ones most people buy.

You could also say “cheap Chinese TV boxes” and it’d still be accurate, and the devices people would think of would be more closely related to the actual devices in question.

This has basically nothing to do with Android. You might as well say “plastic TV boxes” at that point.

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bappity@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
agreed! what a pointless inclusion of Android in the headline. clearly trying to paint a bad picture for them

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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I agree with you that it’s misleading, but the app was in the playstore and I think that’s what they’re referring to. Google says they weren’t certified which means they weren’t tested and they were removed. I agree that it’s still clickbait though.

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ghostBones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I respectfully disagree. Ars Technica is not known for being a clickbait site. They are merely stating what platform(s) the malware runs on. It’s not an Android hit piece, and it’s not clickbait, it’s just a warning about buying cheap Chinese electronics that have access to your Wi-Fi.

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- SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s a Wired article though, they sometimes run those too and the quality of them, at least from my perspective, is dubious.
  
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Zorque@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thats what the title was for the last couple posts for this article, "cheap android TV boxes" instead android itself.

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- ghostBones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Thank you. I was not aware of that. I don’t really know how to check to see if a link has been posted before. I would like to avoid reposting. 'sure would be nice if a veteran citizen of Leamington could explain it.
  
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ghostBones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I suppose that clarifying it as ‘uncertified open source Android’ would be more appropriate.

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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Clarifying “Android” here feels misleading

Not at all for anybody who knows “Android TV” is an operating system.

You could also say "cheap Chinese TV boxes

You could also say “Wrzldrmpft with BBQ sauce”.

Android TV is installed on TVs, projectors, small boxes, big boxes, round boxes, triangled boxes, californian boxes, chinese boxes…

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