[mythtv-users] What's the deal with Kodi?

[Damian]

On 22/05/2015 16:52, Matt Emmott wrote:
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> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Damian <myth at surr.co.uk
> <mailto:myth at surr.co.uk>> wrote:
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>     On 20/05/2015 22:44, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
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>         On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 17:16 -0400, Brendan Kearney wrote:
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>             On 05/20/2015 04:47 PM, Damian wrote:
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>                 It's a 'big brother' thing. Google are amazing at
>                 creating tools that
>                 make people 'want' to willingly give them their private
>                 information.
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>         Oh, you are making the common mistake of equating Android and
>         Google.
>         While yes, nearly 100% of people have Google's applications and
>         services
>         on their Android devices, it's not a requirement.  There's nothing
>         forcing you to add a Google account and therefore use Google apps.
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>         You can happily run an Android device free of Google if you want.
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>             Ha, its not like Apple or Blackberry can claim the moral
>             high ground
>             there...
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>         Indeed.  Can you even use an iPhone or a Blackberry without their
>         equivalent of Big Brothering you?  At least you can with Android.
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>         Cheers,
>         b.
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>     I should have expanded on my 'big brother' comment. Of course they
>     are 'all the same'. It's also the 'monopoly' aspect that bothers me.
>     And google are the masters of this.
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> This is why people run Kodi and Android for a Myth FE alternative:
> 1) Android runs on cheap devices.
> 2) Kodi runs on Android.
> 3) Kodi has Myth support.
>
> If there was a cheap device that ran Myth that wasn't Android, people
> would run that. But there isn't at this time. The ARM Myth port isn't on
> par with the x86 builds AFAIK. And while x86 devices like the ECS Liva
> are getting much cheaper and usable (finally down to $99), They still
> cost as much as two configured Raspberry Pi 2s.
>
>
Good summery Matt.

I'm glad I went for the Liva :-)

Cheers,
Damian