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mpalczewski

yes, Chromecast with Android/Google TV is all ads all the time on home screen it is rather unpleasant.

I changed my home launcher to one like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cosinus.la...

it has made the experience much much better.

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I've got YouTube TV and I haven't seen a single non-broadcast ad in my time using it with my newest Chromecast.

You don't get ads for various shows on various different streaming services on you Home screen in Google TV?

No, just a list of available shows and movies from the various platforms I'm signed in to.

Not sure what else they'd show there. My Plex does the same thing; a list of things I can watch.

Those are also known as ads. I frequently see repeatedly shows I have no interest in(actually negative interest, in that I would be better of not knowing about them). I see stuff that I don't like, I see stuff that pushes or attempts to push buttons, it's a constant annoyance. Apple tv doesn't do this, alternative launches don't do this. They are ads, they don't have the next thing you are mostly likely to watch but rather whatever show they are trying to push at the moment without any ability to change this. I would be really surprised if this isn't directly monetized(though it is indirectly monetized).

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