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Comment Re:Lying with the truth (Score 3, Insightful) 26

We need automatic AI fact checking and context providing of every post. Why? Because humans are dumb, therefore lies can be used to mislead them.

Fact-checking from a technology that's only slightly more accurate than a coin toss. That's a good one! I guess you forgot most AI "smarts" are based on the media is consumes indiscriminately from the Internet. So if it reads lies often enough, like a human it will believe them, too.

Comment Re: ZOMG! (Score 1) 16

Wait, were you talking about paying for all those services?

Not all of them, no. But being subscribed to a commercial service like Netflix or having access to Amazon Prime Video (because you subscribed for free shipping) while still using other apps that have to be sideloaded isn't that odd. Having to change your device just because you changed the app you're using isn't very high in WAF (Wife Approval Factor).

Comment Re: ZOMG! (Score 1) 16

Yep. I do all this every day on my Pi.

Well, then I might look into that route myself if the time comes.
As it is I only put up with Amazon's Ad-tacular OS because the Fire Sticks are the only streaming devices I can find that have hardware-acceleration support 10-bit H264.

Comment Re: These things (Score 1) 16

Pretty much my take. Plex has a client so for the new Fire TV Select (their first one using the new OS), and the device only supports 20 year old video codecs (h264). HEVC and AV1 videos have to be transcoded back at the server. If it was a real Android TV device Google wouldn't when certify it with those specs.

Comment Re: ZOMG! (Score 1) 16

Everything? Can your Raspberry Pi device allow you to access Netflix, Disney+, and other commercial streaming services, with 4k video, and an interface that's friendly to a standard remote control (not accessing them via a web browser full screen)?

People who use side loading aren't all "pirate ALL the media!" types, and don't want to hassle with juggling multiple OTT devices normally.

Comment Must have been a "required app". (Score 2) 29

Five minutes is plenty of time to remove an app from a smartphone, so I assume this was a feature the owner had to have included in the infotainment package. Would have been nice if they could simply uninstall it and recover use of the rest of their system. A worthless icon on screen for people not subscribed to Sirius.

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