Vent@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThousands of Android TV devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalledarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1565arrow-down120cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
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minus-squaredanielfgom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year agoThe problem is that YouTube app and F1 app are Android only so having a Linux media box won’t help. It needs to run Android to run Android apps. Plus I like to use Chromecast, we use it all the time to send YouTube videos from our phones to the big screen.
minus-squareitsraining@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t know about apps like F1 and Chromecast, but I can see that it could be a problem. But YouTube has worked fine for me with the MPV player. Maybe you could try Android-x86? (is that thing still alive? 😅)
The problem is that YouTube app and F1 app are Android only so having a Linux media box won’t help. It needs to run Android to run Android apps.
Plus I like to use Chromecast, we use it all the time to send YouTube videos from our phones to the big screen.
I don’t know about apps like F1 and Chromecast, but I can see that it could be a problem. But YouTube has worked fine for me with the MPV player. Maybe you could try Android-x86? (is that thing still alive? 😅)