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@TheOctonaut
TL;DR XDA forums?

At some point I’ve searched for such, but you’d have to open them (basing on my MiBox 4k) to get to the debugging pins, and then trip widewine Digital Restrictions Management. Which would make a “smart” box/TV probably useless.

I’ve managed to go as far as installing NewPipe Sponsor Block trough F-Droid, after sideloading, trough FTP. And that only because there was a file manager app available for AndroidTV
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@Faceman2K23

@AphoticDev
-> (@GrapheneOS offers a good way out of this, but it’s only for Google hardware, which is in the race to the bottom with stripping hardware features.)

@moosetwin

@AphoticDev
Unless Google opens it up in revenge, then no, not totally unprotected. But they did set the rooting path to expand the attack surface needlessly.
It’s a consequence of locking up your device, so you can’t control it to serve as a vehicle for ads, DRM, and data mining.

Security 3rd, otherwise there would be no problems with patching.

F.e. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-android-patch-gap-makes-n-days-as-dangerous-as-zero-days/

Still one needs to be VERY aware what consequences rooting has.

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@moosetwin