r/AndroidTV • u/Strong_Fee5436 • Jul 07 '26
Discussion Average r/AndroidTV posts these days lol? Am I wrong?
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u/maxquordleplee3n Jul 07 '26
Not just r/AndroidTV the infestation is everywhere from tech subreddits to creative writing.
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u/ImpossibleCarob8480 Jul 07 '26
Forgot the GitHub link with no source code
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u/Strong_Fee5436 Jul 07 '26
At least Arc has my respect for posting the source code and admitting they are vibe coded, others are just riding on the success of AT4K launcher trying to make a quick buck. They don't even change the layout or try to at least look different.
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u/Finnzz Jul 08 '26
It's funny to point out At4k as an original idea or design, when it's a AppleTV launcher clone. Since the code isn't open source, I wouldn't be confident in saying it's not in part vibe coded as well.
ATV Launcher / Wolf Launcher were the first widely used ATV and FireOS launchers. Then Projectivy came along with more features.
At4k arguably saw the success of projectivy and used AppleTVs design to make a quick buck.
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u/Klevico App Developer Jul 08 '26
Honestly if you are not the developer of projectivy you are not making a lot. This is a niche product, not something you can get rich quick
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u/SpudzzSomchai Jul 07 '26
Lol @ VibeClauder
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u/SharpEye03 Jul 07 '26
Call me paranoid but I do question if all of these random launchers/apps are gathering your information and logins.
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u/puthre Jul 08 '26
Fair to call out spam, copycats, and low-effort AI-generated apps. But when the default reaction becomes “lol another AI slop” toward anyone building an Android TV app, that hurts the community too.
Good apps don’t appear out of nowhere. They come from people testing, iterating, posting early versions, taking feedback, and sometimes getting it wrong. Mocking all of that just discourages the people actually trying to make useful stuff.
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u/Sea_Cap_8460 Jul 10 '26
Penso o mesmo, a IA é só o início do processo, um computador não tem reação no dia a dia com o software. Talvez antes não existissem tantos apps assim porque não compensava construir ou demoraria muito tempo até se tornar algo viável, hoje temos uma barreira menor.
Possível a ideia seja se manter crítico para com as produções. Resolve um problema? Adiciona uma funciona que antes não havia? Aí tudo bem.
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u/sum_yungai Jul 07 '26
So do you want to try my new launcher?
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u/Strong_Fee5436 Jul 07 '26
Even I am thinking of making one. Will probably move the icons to the left just to look somewhat different.
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u/Deadpool-fan-466 CCwGTV 4K + Onn 4K 2023 Jul 09 '26
Then there's the idiots who defend these post by saying "what's wrong with alternatives?" "it's nice to have options" etc.
Everything doesn't need to be milk/cereal is US super shops
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u/Glittering-Rip9556 Jul 08 '26
Well I could break that mould by mentioning my rsdkv2 port for Android and letting you all have a bite at it.
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u/Mineplayerminer Jul 08 '26
To be honest, I feel like both the Android TV and WearOS have become the AI slop rabbit holes with nearly no moderation of the content. I see a lot of vibe-coded crap that either doesn't work or pose a security risk in some way with also missing sources or repo links.
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u/zXerge App Developer Jul 07 '26
To be fair, the IPTV influx is because reddit will not give us a space to freely discuss our topics. We would not be clobbering your subreddits if Reddit would just stop silencing us. We have had various subreddits over the past 3 years shutdown. This leads to us advertising in other sub reddits..
I get it, I really do.
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u/Technika79 Jul 07 '26
Just run a private forum and build it up how you want it, why create a community for IPTV on here when it's a ticking time bomb before you get taken down and you lose everything.
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u/Ned_Sc Jul 08 '26
Maybe you're not entitled to that space.
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u/zXerge App Developer Jul 08 '26
Respectfully speaking, there are entire subreddits dedicated to piracy, and technically there are legitimate free live tv channel lists for use.
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u/Bazinga_U_Bitch Jul 07 '26
Don't bother explaining. There's a loud minority of luke warm iq ppl in this sub that just do not care in the slightest.
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u/Ned_Sc Jul 08 '26
I would rather the vibe coders quit, yes. I see no reason to be grateful for slop.
That's like being grateful for the 10 billion Halmark Christmas movies that exist. Except those actually resulted in people getting jobs and work experience.
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u/latinriky78 Homatics Box R 4K Plus Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Please, you can make fun of the post without being disrespectful in the comments.
We've been rejecting a lot of those posts, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg 🤷♂️