▲ 345 ▼ I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 4 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago (2 children) I want this, but for the roku box I got as a gift. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Fortunately Roku is still not that bad. 3 rows of items to choose from, select and go. It basically is a dump app launcher if you go into settings and make it one. Even more so once you use a network adblock to stop the single ad they display on the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) They overload after a while I find and then often I press the arrow, nothing happens, I press again, it moves twice. Like all smart TVs. Apps take longer and longer to open, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago Mine don't do that, they are pretty snappy. But then again, mine are not TV's. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rustbuckett@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago I want to make my TCL Roku Smart TV dumb. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 child) Fortunately Roku is still not that bad. 3 rows of items to choose from, select and go. It basically is a dump app launcher if you go into settings and make it one. Even more so once you use a network adblock to stop the single ad they display on the right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) They overload after a while I find and then often I press the arrow, nothing happens, I press again, it moves twice. Like all smart TVs. Apps take longer and longer to open, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago Mine don't do that, they are pretty snappy. But then again, mine are not TV's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 point 19 hours ago (1 child) They overload after a while I find and then often I press the arrow, nothing happens, I press again, it moves twice. Like all smart TVs. Apps take longer and longer to open, etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago Mine don't do that, they are pretty snappy. But then again, mine are not TV's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 point 19 hours ago Mine don't do that, they are pretty snappy. But then again, mine are not TV's. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rustbuckett@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago I want to make my TCL Roku Smart TV dumb. permalink fedilink source parent