▲ 182 ▼ Amazon's Fire TV is Adding Full-Screen Video Ads That Play When You Start Your Fire TV (cordcuttersnews.com) submitted 2 years ago* by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) And what do you use on your laptop to watch things? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Generally mpv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think that setup would be preferable for the average person permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not like an average person would be unable to use their laptop and some media player, regardless of which OS they use; the fact that I use a weird-ass player doesn't mean it's the only option available on a laptop. It just seems pointless to get another gadget to do the same thing you can do on a gadget you own (assuming you have a laptop, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It's also a lot mews convinient then just turning s single device on with a remote then using thst remote to choose what you want to watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Generally mpv permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think that setup would be preferable for the average person permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not like an average person would be unable to use their laptop and some media player, regardless of which OS they use; the fact that I use a weird-ass player doesn't mean it's the only option available on a laptop. It just seems pointless to get another gadget to do the same thing you can do on a gadget you own (assuming you have a laptop, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It's also a lot mews convinient then just turning s single device on with a remote then using thst remote to choose what you want to watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Do you think that setup would be preferable for the average person permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not like an average person would be unable to use their laptop and some media player, regardless of which OS they use; the fact that I use a weird-ass player doesn't mean it's the only option available on a laptop. It just seems pointless to get another gadget to do the same thing you can do on a gadget you own (assuming you have a laptop, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It's also a lot mews convinient then just turning s single device on with a remote then using thst remote to choose what you want to watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It's not like an average person would be unable to use their laptop and some media player, regardless of which OS they use; the fact that I use a weird-ass player doesn't mean it's the only option available on a laptop. It just seems pointless to get another gadget to do the same thing you can do on a gadget you own (assuming you have a laptop, of course.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It's also a lot mews convinient then just turning s single device on with a remote then using thst remote to choose what you want to watch permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peter@feddit.uk 1 point 2 years ago It's also a lot mews convinient then just turning s single device on with a remote then using thst remote to choose what you want to watch permalink fedilink source parent