This is just a reminder, if you think some subscription from a gigacorp is a good deal. It even might be, for a while. Then the price will go up and up once people get used to the idea.

It’s one of the problems of subscription services in general.

Yes, I know. Raising prices is and has always been a normal part of life. The thing is, the more services are subscription-based, the more these price hikes can be bothersome.

If the cost of toilet paper goes up more than you find comfortable, you can at least to try to budget it better and use less of it. Maybe you can stockpile it or borrow some. If it were a subscription toilet paper, you either have it or don’t have it. Or maybe you’ll get paper that prints ads onto your…

I’m getting silly. You get my point. Subscriptions can make sense, but also be a major trap.

  • wilberfan
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    11 year ago

    Now that’s a solid suggestion!! I’ve had NewPipe on my phone forever–it never occurred to me that it might work on my Shield Pro! 🤦‍♂️ 👍

    If I invested in a lesser Android TV for the bedroom (there’s a Roku in there) and cancelled the subscription–it would pay for itself (eventually)?

    • @WhoRogerOP
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      21 year ago

      You can just use any 30-50 €$£ Android stick and stuff it with Android apps. Keep the TV as a monitor.

      Until a month ago I was using an old Android 5 TV. It can still do so many things.

      I suggest using NewPipe (or NP x SponsorBlock) 0.24.1 as that had a better layout for large screen. Not sure if they fixed it in 0.25.x yet.

      Some other YT apps are actually specialised for TV use so you may wanna try more of them too.

      • wilberfan
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        11 year ago

        When I said “lesser Android TV”–I meant a lesser Android BOX…

          • wilberfan
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            31 year ago

            Well, I’ve installed and tested NewPipe, SmartTube and SkyTube. SkyTube Extra crashes on opening. NewPipe works, but isn’t nearly as polished as SmartTube–which is our winner so far. 👍

            • @WhoRogerOP
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              11 year ago

              Neat. And no need for subscriptions either, which is always a plus 😁

              • wilberfan
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                31 year ago

                I have a month to test it. (My luck the instant I cancel my subscription, it’ll stop working!) 😜