Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.digital-tv, uk.d-i-y, comp.misc
Subject	Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites
Date	2024-12-20 16:07 +0100
Organization	i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID	<71e80a02-7576-6377-54b4-4aa81e2796e3@example.net> (permalink)
References	<mmk8mj5b807ms1ankccans6sdeeb14ckl5@4ax.com> <vk1qo5$300l4$1@dont-email.me> <f6d8d5d2-354e-9c30-855f-621bb70b85fa@example.net> <34s*Edv2z@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>

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On Fri, 20 Dec 2024, Theo wrote:

> In uk.d-i-y D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:
>>
>>> In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
>>>> with?
>>>
>>> You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
>>> rather than the other way around.
>>>
>>> Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube
>>> (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
>>> system for the downloads.  Then you will be in control of every aspect
>>> of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
>>>
>>
>> Pro tip! If you want to liberate yourself from your smart-TV, go and get
>> yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
>>
>> That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
>> stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.
>
> ...until you want to watch Netflix, iPlayer, ITVX, Disney+ or whatever.  Then
> you'll find there's either no streaming app or the streaming app won't run
> because you aren't running their DRM on 'certified' hardware.

This is not so interesting. All the content of the above exists on torrent 
sites, for free.

> Although there are approved Android TV boxes, and they're an option if you
> need more control / less spying than your smart TV.

This is also a possibility.

> Theo
>

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OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2024-12-19 17:22 +0000
  Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-12-19 19:04 +0000
    Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-12-19 22:01 +0000
      Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2024-12-20 08:48 +0000
    Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-20 11:00 +0100
      Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2024-12-20 10:14 +0000
        Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-20 12:38 +0000
          Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-20 16:08 +0100
        Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-12-20 16:07 +0100
  Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2024-12-21 08:08 +0000

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