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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I do this. It's the best. You can buy used HP or Dell mini workstations on eBay for super cheap.

Full Linux, full ad blocking, full access to every streaming service instead of just whoever makes an app for your particular TV.

And with the enshittification of smart TVs injecting ads everywhere they can, keeping it disconnected is the only way to fly. Modern tech is like Skynet, you can't let it connect or it's the end of the world.

[–] zarkony 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Only problem is streaming services like Amazon that purposefully limit the quality on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Get a browser spoofing add-on! I have google fiber, and I've found that my internet is faster if it thinks I'm using chrome 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That doesn't make sense, a "browser spoofing" addon most certainly doesn't do anything that would be detectable by an ISP listening in on your encrypted connections.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Amazon is not an ISP though...? In this scenario, Amazon Prime Video is a server that is receiving a series of HTTP requests. User agent spoofing absolutely would work in that scenario.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think they were talking about Amazon

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Only problem is streaming services like Amazon that purposefully limit the quality on Linux.

Literally the comment they replied to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

That is why I'm not subscribed to any of them. If they don't want to offer me the same bare minimum, it's on them. I mean why are they even doing that? To protect against piracy? Yeah, that seems to be doing absolutely nothing then.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is the point where you download qbittorrent on the machine, and hop on your favorite torrent site to go get whatever show or movie you want for free, and play it on VLC. Just make sure to use a VPN if you live in a country that enforces piracy law. My reccomendation is Mullvad VPN ($5/month) if you care about privacy, and literally whatever's the cheapest if you don't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You can get a seedbox for $10-$15 and set up the arr stack to automate everything. I think we watch YouTube ad free more than anything though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No port forwarding anymore with mullvad sadly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And it also depends on your version of Linux as sometimes they don't play well with the copy protection software.

I had a lot of issues getting some videos on Tubi to play just because I was playing it on a Linux.

I was using mint cinnamon.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Couldn't watch the Olympics on Peacock because of this. Super annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Same here I've just started pirating more.