Smart TVs are all well and good, but when ad-focused update lobotomized my new-ish Android TV, we hit a problem.

  • @tordenflesk
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    31 month ago

    Install a better launcher, done.

    As has always been the Android way.

    • @valkyre09
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      11 month ago

      Can you recommend a launcher for a smart tv?

      • @Macallan
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        51 month ago

        I used Flauncher and button mapper to program my home button to open Flauncher. Worked well for me.

        • @ArtVandelay
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          31 month ago

          Same for me, now if I could only find a way to have it boot directly to f launcher, but so far I still have to see the home screen occasionally with all of its ad infested malware BS

          • @Macallan
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            21 month ago

            Yeah, booting directly into the Google TV launcher instead of Flauncher is annoying, but I’m so used to it now, I instinctively press the home button on boot up these days so I barely ever see it.

      • Duallight
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        31 month ago

        Assuming your smart TV is android, project ivy is my favorite.