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As long as they don't completely nix the support à la Spotify Car Thing I'm fine with it

So what's the best android tv box nowadays? Still the Shield TV?

I have the latest chromecast with android tv (i think, who knows with these garbage model names), and it's always been quite sluggish to use, and I can't replace the home screen on it to one without ads since they locked down the bootloader.

So I'm looking for one that's a bit snappier, and preferably with an unlockable bootloader, or at least the ability to replace the default launcher.

I've never even seen this thing? All the Chromecast I've seen over the last 4-5 years have been in-built modules in Android TVs.

Is there anything interesting you can do with a Chromecast dongle by jailbreaking it, if you can get one for cheap?

Makes sense. Smart TVs weren't common at that point, now you can't avoid them.