The issue usually is proprietary streaming services, not a lot of interest from them on Linux/etc support and the unofficial options are usually kind of janky. That does make total sense but also kills it’s chances of getting wide support / adoption which limits the growth of the projects.
I’d love to see Linux folks figure out easy ways for consumers to replace the on board OS’s for any TV out there. Can that be done?
DRM crap ruins the typical end user experience.
You can thank Torvalds for supporting TiVoization.
Huh? What did I miss?
Anti Commercial-AI license
What you missed is how Linux is GPL v2 only, not “or any later version,” which stopped it from gaining the anti-tivoization protections from GPL v3.
Buddy, we can’t even get phones fully working. Though apparently and Amazon echo can boot linux.
The issue usually is proprietary streaming services, not a lot of interest from them on Linux/etc support and the unofficial options are usually kind of janky. That does make total sense but also kills it’s chances of getting wide support / adoption which limits the growth of the projects.
Lineage OS supports some TV boxes
It usually uses strong cryptographic verification with very specific proprietary firmware.
In short very hard. It is easier to get a separate device