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[โ€“] Polar@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I buy TVs with Android TV built in because the freedom is great. I love I can install APKs, and generally they have every app that Android has. Whereas Roku doesn't even have an official Twitch app.

Despite that, my fucking GOD they're slow. Both my $2000 and $650 Android TVs are such a fucking lag fest. Even trying to pause a YouTube video is such shit.

They both run Android TV 9, despite Android TV 12 being out, and 14 in beta.

My CCwGTV is a lot better, but I only use that on my non smart TV because I hate juggling remotes.

Still wont stop buying Android TVs, though. Roku is so empty, those TVs with their own built in OS have even less apps. My sisters $5500 OLED TV only has Plex, no Emby. Which is insane. I think her TVs app store has a total of like 20 apps?

Twitch updated in January with a shitty UI that lags. I just disabled updates and installed an older version of the app via APK. That's the benefit of Android TV.

EDIT: also can we please get some people on the Android TV custom ROM scene? It's weird to me that NO TVs have any sort of custom ROM or rooting. You'd think they would?

[โ€“] FedFer@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

Custom roms usually require a base like AOSP (Android Open Source Project) to build on but android TV is fully closed-source, so unless someone has the will to start a Linux distro for smart tvs then chances of that happening are quite low :(

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