Thanks for this. Good to know! I haven’t taken the leap yet. I’ll plan the upgrade when we will be on vacation…

This is why I don’t update unless absolutely necessary. I’m only running a local instance so it is less of a security issue. Once I land on a working version, I’m gonna go ahead and stick with that as long as I can.

I was frustrated by this also and decided not to put the effort into rooting the device to get rid of all that crap. Instead I decided to use Flauncher together with Button Mapper. Using that tool, I map the homepage button on the remote to point to Flauncher. It isn’t a perfect solution but it was done in a few minutes and I can now mostly avoid the bullshit ads

To expand on this, I have witnessed small, indie channels have their content copied, processed through AI so it is stripped of audio, watermarks and re-edited. Then it is posted as a new video. When it is reported as a fake, or pirated copy, or not original content, Google then puts the burden of proof on the small indie channel that originally created the content, often requiring them to lawyer up and file a legal complaint, before they will take any action to remove the AI slop. It is fucking absurd. It would only take a real person about 60 seconds to compare the content and dates to determine who is the theif.

I used Ubuntu on an old Surface Pro and it worked really well.

This could have been a really interesting article. Like, what was the property ownership structure while the monks were there? Were there efforts to conserve the property or make it public lands? If so, what happened? How did it come to pass that this evil rich prick now owns it?

But no, none of that is addressed. Assuming the author is a real person, they did a terrible job. But after reading this trash, you could easily convince me it is AI slop.