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Sony Appears To Be Blocking Kodi On Its Recent Android TVs (androidpolice.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cease-and-desist dept.

Several reports indict that at least some of Sony's recent Android TVs are actively blocking Kodi, the open-source, cross-platform streaming and media player that allows you to access and play local, network, and remote content. Android Police reports: The official Kodi project Twitter account pointed out Sony's deficiency a couple of days ago, but reports on the Kodi forums of issues installing and running the app from the Play Store go even further back to last year. A handful of affected enthusiasts believe they have discovered the cause of the problem: Sony seems to be blocking the package ID for the app from being installed/run. Supporting this theory is the fact that recompiling the app from scratch with a different ID allows it to work.

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  1. I don't get why people still buy SONY Televisions by bobstreo · · Score: 4, Informative

    especially smart ones. I guess it's a Ford/Chevy kind of loyalty.

    When SONY made 200lb 30+inch CRTs they were pretty good.

    Nowadays, SONY is overpriced and under performs compared to most other vendors/.

    And don't get me started on "smart" televisions.

    I'd much rather toss a $100 media box when it becomes useless than have to bypass all the smart features by blocking a tv on WIFI after updates are discontinued (and still have to buy a media box).

      Over time tvs also stop being powerful enough to run updated software that works on media boxes, tablets or smart phones.

    If a tv doesn't have at least 2GB of memory, don't call it "smart".

    Oh and please don't even bother with other integration like alexa/siri/google... voice spying "services" or usage/metric reporting back to the mothership. /RANT off