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minus-squarea_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·7 months agoFor all of Apple’s faults, their Apple TV is pretty decent. A home screen with apps on them; no ads. It’s great
minus-squareIlikecheese@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoGod, if I could just install SmartTube and Kodi/Stremio on an Apple TV, I’d convert in a heartbeat. Until then, I’ll keep my Shield TV Pro.
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoInstall libreelec onto a raspberry pi 4. Its a Linux OS that automatically boots into Kodi. Kodi has an ad free youtube addon, which you can augment with a sponsorblock addon to skip in video ads. If you have plex or jellyfin they intergrate really well with kodi. For plex, use plexkodiconnect, for jellyfin, use the jellyfin kodi app. Flirc has a great remote if you go with the above called the skip.
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoChromecast with stremio is still the perfect streaming setup for me, now if only the voice recognition on the remote was a bit less shit.
minus-squareloki_d20@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoIf only it didn’t require me to buy a newer iPhone or iPad to validate my account.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoWell that’s destroyed any interest I may have had in them
minus-squarea_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoPretty sure you don’t need one. I’ll look into it later tonight and get back to you though
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoYou don’t. I’ve set one up without a single other Apple device in the house.
minus-squarePrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoAgree 100% with this, and I’ve tried most all of them.
For all of Apple’s faults, their Apple TV is pretty decent. A home screen with apps on them; no ads. It’s great
God, if I could just install SmartTube and Kodi/Stremio on an Apple TV, I’d convert in a heartbeat. Until then, I’ll keep my Shield TV Pro.
Install libreelec onto a raspberry pi 4. Its a Linux OS that automatically boots into Kodi.
Kodi has an ad free youtube addon, which you can augment with a sponsorblock addon to skip in video ads.
If you have plex or jellyfin they intergrate really well with kodi. For plex, use plexkodiconnect, for jellyfin, use the jellyfin kodi app.
Flirc has a great remote if you go with the above called the skip.
Chromecast with stremio is still the perfect streaming setup for me, now if only the voice recognition on the remote was a bit less shit.
If only it didn’t require me to buy a newer iPhone or iPad to validate my account.
Well that’s destroyed any interest I may have had in them
Pretty sure you don’t need one. I’ll look into it later tonight and get back to you though
You don’t. I’ve set one up without a single other Apple device in the house.
Agree 100% with this, and I’ve tried most all of them.