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I have tried Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast (not the new models with an interface), and AppleTV. So far Apple TV is the cleanest without ads or sponsored content on the home screen.

If you find something better please let me know.

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radix@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I like my Roku, but it would be much more annoying without a pihole to block the ads.

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- AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And telemetry.
  
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wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
When I switched my family from predatory directv, this was obviously a question I had, and I ended up going with chromecasts (gen 2 and 3/ultra). Once I showed them how to use their phone as the controller, it immediately clicked, which was fantastic. I thought about an atv or an android box, but that would involve multiple profiles and remembering to switch when someone else wanted to use it (android TV boxes have this buried in the system settings; and I’m the only one with an apple account). Ads were a showstopper for me too, so the pictures/art on the cc when idle was great.

Curious why you went the other way :o

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- AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Because Google is collecting data on EVERYTHING you do.
  
  lemmy.world/comment/6326127
  
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  - wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But as a person who doesn’t use G services (well, Grayjay)… the question still stands
    
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    AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You use Google services whether you know it or not.
    
    www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/…/amp/
    
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randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Understood about the ads / sponsored content. I’ve not used anything but an ATV, but I’ve heard similar (ads, interface, etc.). If I come up with a different solution, I will revive the post and let folks know. Thanks.

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