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modern tech is better or is it?
eti:
If you need ZERO ads on YouTube, install Chrome OS inside a disk image using "sebanc brunch" framework, as Chrome OS can install and run Android apps... THEN install "Smart YouTube TV" app (APK) ... NO ADS EVER!!!!
You install Chrome OS into a disk image using either your current windows or Ubuntu OS, so that doing so doesn't alter your partition table. It's simple as pie! Google "sebanc brunch"
I've been using "Smart YouTube TV" app for well over two years, not one SINGLE and, and no DNS messing needed. You can also configure it to auto skip in-video sponsor messages etc. Brilliant!!
james_s:
--- Quote from: tooki on October 27, 2022, 06:39:52 am ---Not so much on the MacBook, since it’s not a touchscreen and thus there’s no advantage to a bezel. And since the Mac has the fixed menu bar at the top (so it’s almost never screen area controlled by the application), it’s really easy for the OS to avoid the notch intelligently. In exchange you get more vertical real estate, which is sorely lacking on modern widescreens.
I remember using the Macintosh Portrait Display, a 15” vertical grayscale CRT (640x870px). Lovely to work on for office type work. I occasionally attach my old 24” (1920x1200) LCD as a secondary display, pivoted vertically, for document editing.
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The advantage is that there's no stupid notch, a controversial feature that may not bother you but it bothers many people, I know at least one person who was all stoked to buy one of the new MBPs when he discovered it had a notch. That would prevent me from considering one too if I was in the market. I shouldn't have to avoid the notch, there's no excuse for it to be there in the first place. Make the bezel a few measly mm taller and it wouldn't be necessary. Un-interrupted screen is an absolutely mandatory non-negotiable feature to me.
james_s:
--- Quote from: rdl on October 27, 2022, 02:10:16 pm ---What do you need to stream? I use a PC, but I only watch youtube. They've made changes in recent times to where I can't get videos to play without unblocking google, but I still don't see ads.
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I stream absolutely everything, 100% of my TV usage is streaming and has been for years. It's the future of TV.
james_s:
--- Quote from: cortex_m0 on October 27, 2022, 11:31:23 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on October 27, 2022, 06:09:25 am ---[P]lug in an external player that doesn't spy on you or serve ads.
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Are there streaming boxes that fit this profile? The ones I've tried all serve ads, at a minimum.
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I made my own with a Raspberry Pi and it doesn't have ads. My girlfriend has a couple of Roku boxes and I've never seen an ad on one of those. If I did see an ad on any device I bought it would promptly be boxed back up and returned for a refund. Ads baked into hardware I paid for are absolutely not welcome and not acceptable.
rdl:
Is all this streaming TV free? I'm guessing no, because if I was paying to watch something and they tried to stack ads on top of that, I'd be pretty ticked off too.
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