• smeg@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    Surprisingly the latest Chromecast was more adblocking-friendly as it’s actually an Android TV and I could install smart tube on it, my old Chromecast couldn’t block YouTube ads

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      6 months ago

      These days I was more worried about it injecting ads of its own. Plus surely it tracks everything that it can.

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        6 months ago

        By default yeah there are plenty of ads, but it’s an Android device so you do have (limited) power to replace a lot of the ad-showing bits. It’s about simplicity though, if you want more control for less convenience then there are plenty of setups you could run on an RPi.