Any of the devices on the Slimbox website

I’m currently using a Tanix W2 running Slimbox with Projectivity Launcher and SmartTube.

I’m not sure how long I have that box, maybe about 5 or 6 months. But before that I had another with the same setup for a good few years and without any issues.

There are plenty of devices on that site that with (obviously) a Slimbox version for them, including Xiaomi Tv Stick and other Google TV devices.

I’m not sure how Slimbox manages the DRM (widevine) on those devices, but widevine doesn’t bother me as I don’t use any of the apps that require it.

I know it’s not new, but it is especially easy today with billionaires buying governments, companies worth trillions buying swathes of land and the current state of the world economy.

I used to wonder, when I was a kid what it would be like if somebody/company was rich enough to buy an entire country.

LLM gives you a concrete concise answer to your question

That may be true for basic, simple questions, but it is not true for medium or hard questions.

They will give an answer, yes, but often it’s not answering what you asked, or giving the wrong answer.

Yes, they are trained, but it’s in their nature to abuse that system. That’s probably why many of them become cops. Computer repair people used to snoop through private photographs and videos (possibly still do).

It’s like dangling a carrot in front of them. But instead of punishing them for abusing the system, the system shouldn’t exist.

There literally should be penalties on local elected officials for every attempt at invading privacy on any scale, but on a scale that high, it’s crazy.

Tech are lobbying for it the world over, and at the moment they’re winning.

Ah yeah, I don’t agree with it either, but if pushed and playing devil’s advocate, I can see that it might help catch a murderer or rapist.

It still doesn’t outweigh the bad that it does though, imho.

I don’t get why this comes as such as big surprise. It’s human nature. I grew up watching funny home videos and CCTV videos etc. Cops have access to the system, I think most others would abuse it the same way.

It’s a gross invasion of privacy and Flock should be banned everywhere. it’s disgusting how it can easily be abused and should be avoided at all costs. Imagine what Joseph James DeAngelo would have done with access to Flock.

Catching a quick glimpse of a person that they deemed attractive could end up being high end stalking.

The bad very much outweighs any good that these cameras are alleged to help with. Fucking traffic violations?

Okay, maybe tracking a murderer etc. might be a good use of the system, but the ratio of that happening, and what they are being used for is ridiculous.

Hadn’t seen the price hike (they’re not really advertised where I am) and can’t get the ONN here. But $149!? The Nvidia Shield is cheaper!

I don’t get Google’s strategy here, sell less at a higher profit?

Has Sony just dared it’s entire customer base to take part in a forced boycott?

The equivalent of somebody getting themselves barred from a pub/bookies/casino because they know that they can’t do it on their own.

Lacking any sort of balls to stand up to their great leader.

“it’s not a dictatorship. We just do what he wants because we’re afraid what he’ll do if we don’t,.”

Meanwhile Microsoft - following Trump’s orders, kickstarted and/or rapidly accelerated European digital sovereignity.

Yep, same thing I think, just Launcher Manager, and Launch Manager just make it easier, especially on those devices that hide accessibility access/services.

Have you tried Launcher Manager with the custom launcher?

Scroll down for Android TV options

Any chance of seeing the list broken down by ownership and trackers?

It seems a bit pointless otherwise.

Yeah, I just assumed that English wasn’t the writers first language.

If it’s spelled loose, then we could end up with another Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

or Police police Police police police police Police police.

But if they’re using it for their ai, won’t they be seeding it from them on? I mean, you might not be able to download an entire book in one go, but you may be able to after 100 questions, or something similar…

There was another a few days before it.

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/10/car-involved-in-m50-crash-was-stolen-before-collision-took-place/

One of the good things about having the moron for president is that things like this aren’t hidden.

I can’t help thinking that every other US government (and not just the US) would do this anyway, but would be more Clandestine about it.

Doing God’s work.

There are also a ton more people doing a lot of niches, so now you get fewer views.

So it’s tougher to crack. Surely a better way to rise to the top would be to have fewer or no adverts, and better content.

That I can agree on, but then again, how would they even sell their product if there’s no advertisement? The companies that don’t charge too much and then stuff some of it into advertisement, tend to go under.

I am not against advertising as a tool. I’m mainly referring to the companies that will pay crazy money for advertising, and pass that expense on to the end users. Blanket advertising, shouldn’t be allowed, it also allows the bigger, wealthier companies to drown out the smaller and start up companies.

Creator doesn’t really know if you have premium or not and many users (me) will also have adblock so they don’t get a cent from these views. That’s why many will show you ad-free videos on Patreon or Nebula. No sponsor segments if they know you’re a paying customer.

That’s why YouTube Premium should be the same as Patreon or Nebula. The creators should be querying YouTube about working something out there, instead of hitting the users with ads that they thought they had paid to get rid of.

I also would suspect that this case would be more about about the letter of the law, and not about what’s expected from the creators etc. If YouTube are marketing an ad free experience to people that pay for the service, then this is what it should be. Overall, if anything, this case should work out better for everyone except probably Google. YouTube would have to find a better way/payment to allow creators to have two videos without making too much extra work for them. One for premium and one for non premium.

There is still product placement etc. Subtle suggestions and other methods that I’m sure many businesses would still pay for.