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YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] parpol@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to watch on ps4, but couldn't stand the ads anymore so I bought a new PC and repurposed my old PC into a Linux TV box. Now I watch freetube on my TV with no ads and no tracking.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you control it? Any fancy integration or just good old mouse?

[–] parpol@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

At first I connected the PS4 dualshock controller to the PC via bluetooth and configured it to move the cursor similarly to how the ps4 works, but the virtual keyboard on Linux Mint kept popping up and going away randomly so I bought a mini Bluetooth keyboard with a small touch pad instead.

I did also try voice commands and it worked great, but I didn't want to carry a mic around so I never really used it.