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[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 82 points 1 month ago (47 children)

Roku is bad, I have one older Roku ""smart"" tv that I just block from accessing the internet entirely, and use a shield with a custom launcher instead.

[–] firadin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (26 children)

Is there any point in getting anything above the bottom tier Shield? Just trying to use it to replace my chromecast/stream tv and youtube

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 1 month ago (8 children)

You should not buy a Shield. They haven't been updated since...2019? And there's really no reason to. Get the $20 WalMart one.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

The hardware is 10 years old and it wasn't even shiny at the time. Shield is a damned joke.

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