I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household.

Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven’t already.

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  • maccentricEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    Are they still making those or are they all 5+ years old (2019 was latest I could find on eBay)?

    • Alk
      1·
      1 month ago

      Yep, all 5 years old. I don’t see a need for another one quite yet when even the newest streaming devices still don’t measure up.

      • maccentricEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Any issues popping up (especially from the old version of Android)?

        • Alk
          2·
          1 month ago

          No, it’s smoother than even my brand new Google TV chromecast that it replaced. I replaced the default launcher with something easier for my elderly mother to understand because she kept getting confused with other devices. It’s snappy, has all the apps I have needed, and was easy to set up. New apps are still developed and updated for it too since it’s so popular, and ostensibly the best pre-built streaming device short of manually configuring a mini pc. I don’t see software support officially or from the app developers dropping any time soon because of that.

    • gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com
      11·
      1 month ago

      the age of the device put me off, it still runs android 11 as well apparently. I wouldnt want to buy one now and then a refresh comes out