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Not with pihole I wont.
No, but 1/3 of your screen will be empty real estate.
I'd rather have blank space than ads.
Of course. I did the same thing until my OCD got the better of me and I got an AndroidTV device with a custom launcher, as well as an AppleTV4K. I love having no ads and no blank spaces now.
This posted prompted my to set up pihole. My blank space has a big "not connected to the internet," although all the services work.
Unfortunately, they also disabled accessibility settings, so I can't remap buttons or add another launcher.
This is my last Google TV. Are there any other options?
From what I gather, making your own little "media PC" connected to a "dumb TV" or never-connected "smart PC" can give you a similar if not better experience!
KDE has a big TV style desktop environment they've made for TVs now, and you can use KDE connect to use any phone as a remote control.
Completely open source! Wee!
If it’s a Google TV you can always install a custom launcher and even disable the stock launcher via ADB and never be bothered by any of the curated bullshit again
My recommendation is FLauncher
“Not connected to the internet” lol. How presumptuous of the designers.