The original post: /r/privacy by /u/jehb on 2024-11-13 21:50:28.

Hi friends,

I need a little help finding a workable solution to our TV situation. While I’m perfectly fine using Kodi and Jellyfin for locally stored media and a few plugins that Kodi supports well, we have a few streaming services that simply aren’t ever going to work that way.

While I know that “privacy-respecting streaming service” is a complete oxymoron, I’d still rather find a solution that only phones home to the actual service provider (BritBox, Nebula, whatever) as opposed to having everything aggregated through a Chromecast or Roku, etc.

It seems like just about every single streaming service we still have at least has an Android TV option, that leaves me hopeful that they would work on LineageOS or a similar Android derivative. I see Lineage at least supports a few SBC devices like ODROID or a Banana Pi, which in theory I could set up and still have a remote for.

Has anyone done this? Pros/Cons? Or can someone point me in a different direction if not? “Just watch it in a browser connected to the TV” is not a solution my family is going to accept.