Hello scurvy dogs
Im looking for some advice on how I should go about continuing to watch youtube while blocking / bypassing ads on my LG TV.
I recently ended my premium subscription because of price hikes and such but webOS on LG TVs is very restrictive with its apps.
Ive started to use LibreTube on my devices which is awsome but ive only got a couple of options that might work on the telly:
1- I host a local Jellyfin server for all our other content needs so maybe i can integrate youtube into this somehow.
2- Ive got a spare Pi 3b laying around that I could use as something and just HDMI to the TV which im fine with.
Currently I think that maybe running android on the Pi and then using LibreTube on that is my best option.
So my question is, what do you guys use / what are your setups to watch youtube ad free on ya TV?
I’ve seen way too many reports about how those things are filled with spyware to ever trust them.
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I’m sure that’s perfectly fine in 99.9% of cases but I can never rid that niggling doubt in the back of my head that thinks the cheap devices (especially Chinese) are backdoored or have some deeper malware embedded on the system. It’s the unknown that kills me, as stupid as that is. At least I know what type of shit LG TV is phoning home.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/popular-android-tv-boxes-sold-on-amazon-are-laced-with-malware/
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I’ll have to look into it more seriously. I’ve been considering a ChromeCast for a while but this is swaying me more to the Android TV side. I usually don’t make these purchases lightly or until I have a really strong motivation to.
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