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Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

A lot of the fire tvs can be rooted! There’s a great community over at XDA with all the needed resources.

I have two 4k sticks (1st gen) rooted and debloated running Leanback launcher. When you cut out all the junk, it really is (or was?) the best 4k streaming device under $50.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I‘ll definitely have to try if that’s possible with my Grundig TV that has a FireTV built in.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Coolcool! At the very least, you should be able to block Amazon from pushing updates.