• Dasnap@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Just gotta stick FLauncher, SmartTube, Jellyfin, and Stremio on it and it seems solid.

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      3 months ago

      I changed from FLauncher to Projectivity Launcher a little while ago and definitely recommend it

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        3 months ago

        My wife is used to FLauncher and will probably get annoyed if I change the Shield’s interface (again…) but maybe I’ll try it out on the Google TV Chromecast I have for holiday trips.

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          3 months ago

          I’m in the same boat, so when I changed to Projectivity I made it look pretty much the same. It’s now just so much easier to manage.

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      3 months ago

      I just hope this is still possible on the new one, I can see a future where they make it impossible but hopefully not yet.

      I agree that it’s a good upgrade too, the only dowside is that it’s not portable anymore, I used to take it with me on any travel to have my own home theater set up like I like it with me when I was living in Hotels and AirBnB’s for a year on business travel. Especially in Asia the TVs are in the local language and I never have any idea how to change the language from Korean or Japanese to English so I can use the TV. But putting in the dongle and turning on the TV was always possible.

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        3 months ago

        I doubt they’d block alternate launchers as they seem happy enough hosting them on Google Play.

        Side-loading will be safe as Android being open is its whole deal. The EU are forcing Apple to be more open so there’s no way Google wants a target on their back.

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      3 months ago

      And now I can install all those things without worrying about my internal storage filling to capacity!