im using a chromecast right now and i want a similar experience to that, just more privacy friendly

although i have set up a google account just for my chromecast with its own email, it still doesn’t feel like its enough

im in the eu btw

  • TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 days ago

    It’s appletv unless you’re willing to use a custom sbc with a taped together third party android version.

    I don’t recommend the latter option because it fucking sucks and you seem like a psycho to others who may use it or watch stuff with you.

    You can just host jellyfin from your pc (or a server in your closet) if you wanna get away from streaming services and it works good with either option.

    I want to be clear as day that you cannot get a privacy friendly experience from any Android streaming device unless you load it yourself and make sure it’s something like the lineageos Android tv stuff linked by another user.

    It’s probably worth it for you to put into words what you’re trying to accomplish, being as clear and explicit as possible.

    • goofsqueak@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      im mainly trynna watch something like smarttube (youtube ykyk), jellyfin and some streaming services

      • TrollAccount69@lemmy.ml
        2·
        23 hours ago

        There are a bunch of tvos smart tube apps in the store for free but I’d just build the client on github and load it.

        Even on the most locked down device the qos involved in streaming gives enough information to track you. If your goal is to block ads that’s no problem but just bear in mind the feed isn’t one way, your device communicates back to the source to negotiate bitrates and buffers and that’s enough to do some very accurate measurements especially with a side channel of normal https communication in the mix which they all have.

        It sounds like you just want to block ads and there’s nothing wrong with that, I just don’t want to lead you into thinking you’re actually in any way private when streaming. Every service is actively collecting as much information as they can in the process of sending you video.

        Anyway don’t read any of that just try out the appletv and if you end up not liking it you can easily sell it to someone for 90% of what you paid.