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In addition, I run Netguard on my Android TV and completely block Google Play along with a hundred other services. I only give Google Play internet access whenever I have to update a streaming app. One had connection issues the first time I set up Netguard, so I had to look at the logs and open some specific ports to get it working. But all the streaming ap", "context": "", "use_case": "Android TV launcher", "switched_from": "", "story": "An ad-free Android TV"}, {"id": 749496048, "item_id": 46843503, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46843503", "by": "nickthegreek", "date": "2026-01-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I recommend flauncher.", "excerpt": "It\u2019s a single app. several are open source. I recommend flauncher. Once again, you are overly complicating a process that you do not know and are arguing from a point of ignorance. As you point out, it\u2019s a 10 year old platform. It\u2019s very stable and known. 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