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jogoso2014 t1_itgtrmn wrote

This isn’t rocket science.

Android TV and Roku are the dominant OS’s and the manufactures done want to sit on stale hardware.

That the FireTV OS has a foothold at all is a miracle.

And I know people like complaining about Amazon and Google but that plus Apple is what consumers chose.

If one goes on Amazon (lol) or EBay I’m sure they can find some crappy alternative to both of them on support of the [inferior] little guy.

As it is the greater concern is Google possibly prevent competitors as opposed to people choosing Amazon over its competitors.

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estab87 t1_ith3vc2 wrote

Android TV is super clunky to use and literally sucks though, in comparison to FireTV OS. I don’t think the fact that FireTV OS has a foothold is a miracle at all.

A lot of folks would rather buy a 200 dollar “dumb” TV and turn it into a smart TV with a 30 dollar device like a FireTV Stick. It’s much more cost effective, and brings the same value. Furthermore, the user experience and interface and time you need to spend on it to get to what you’re looking for, is far more streamlined on FireTV OS.

I have Android TVOS on my new TV and immediately started using my old 4K fire stick from my previous TV because the UI and lagging of Android TV was unbearable.

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greenbanky t1_iti3eqz wrote

Yup. And whenever I visit the fam, I can take my firestick with me and plug and play.

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