This would be horrible for people who enjoy sideloading APKs.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I gave up on HTPCs after a decade or more of trying because I never found a good way to control it that was practical for everyone in the house. I ended up with a Roku Ultra (even though my feelings toward Roku are lukewarm) because it has a simple remote, or can be controlled/automated by home assistant, or can be controlled from Alexa (via a custom skill I wrote), or it can be screen casted to, or it could be controlled by a Harmony Hub (RIP Harmony).

    But separate smart box together with a dumb TV is the the way to go.

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      I put Kodi on a raspberry pi, and my TV supported CEC, so I was able to use the TV remote to seamlessly control Kodi. It was as close to a native interface as I could wish for. And that was all the way back in 2016

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        CEC is such a nightmare of a technology though. I have problems with it constantly to the point where it’s just expected it won’t work 50% of the time, and it’s impossible to troubleshoot

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          I have to unplug my docked Steamdeck anytime I want to watch any other input because screws with the CEC functionality so much. It’s a hot mess.

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      Harmony was how I controlled my HTPCs. But once I moved from MythTV to Plex, I just started using Roku or Google TV frontends. They just worked so much more reliably and were super cheap.

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          Oh I never tried using the mouse with Harmony. I’m not even sure I knew that was possible.

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      Valid point, not everyone likes to use a mouse and keyboard for watching shows in the livingroom.

      My tv is “smart” but ive never setup any internet for it effectively making it dumb.