• Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com
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    3 months ago

    If I recall you still can through ADB, but it’s a pain and they started locking that down too. Ad blocking VPN (at least the one I tried) didn’t work.

    There was a big update about a year ago that very clearly sent the message “this device will show what we want you to see.”

    • realcaseyrollinsOP
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      3 months ago

      Ah, that doesn’t shock me. Yeah I left when they started like disabling custom launchers or something, and I realized getting a Google TV would be easier than getting around that restriction.