i tried using a linux machine with plasma bigscreen but it just wasn’t for me, and I kinda miss my chromecast’s simplicity. So is there any streaming box or whatever that’s decently easy to set up and also respects my privacy? I know that it’s basically impossible but I just want to know what the best option is. Also I’m in europe so no Onn. boxes and stuff. I would also like it to be second hand since the prices are a bit better
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Nvidia Shield. It uses Android but you don’t have to add a Google Account. You can also install a custom rom like LineageOS but you will lose some features: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/foster/variant1/
Starting to get a little long in the tooth these days, the pro is still my primary streaming box but I got a random ONN stick from Walmart while on vacation and its noticably snappier and on a newer android OS then the shield.
ill maybe check it out thanks, although I’m probably not gonna install lineage
If you don’t use a google account what do you do to get apps? Fdroid? I also suspect not having an account removes the Chromecast functionality.
There’s always aurora. And you can install the streaming apps directly on the shield.
But you can forget high quality paid streams. Without a proprietary ROM you’re confined at low quality 720p for all the DRMd streaming providers.
(Of course no such problems streaming your ripped blue rays from your Jellyfin server)