• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    11 months ago

    I’ve heard you can flash lineage on there… Media PC in the main room but I’ve always loved my shield for a spare room control. Would rather risk bricking it by flashing it than dealing with ads.

    They can’t even do the “poor Google we have a service to run” thing here, this is just greed. I bought the hardware, I don’t deserve ads on it too.

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      11 months ago

      Flashing is pretty easy, been doing it on my phones for years, but never saw the point on media players… Until now!

      In the next 10yrs Google with force to watch a full screen ad or pay for an incoming call subscription to answer a call!

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        11 months ago

        It’s fun because I bought the shield to not use the built in TV crap because they were filled with ads. I’m curious about the play here from Nvidia and google, because why else do people need an extra box if not for that?

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      11 months ago

      If I recall correctly you lose hardware acceleration and some kind of drm support for apps like Netflix.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, I think for now I’ll be going an easier way like FLauncher. However I’m keeping flashing in my back pocket to do more research on if I need it later.