Meh, I eventually switched from Roku (which has ads on the home screen) to Fire TV because SmartTubeNext isn’t available on Roku, plus the 4k version of the Fire TV was on sale dirt cheap. The Fire TV also has ads on the home screen, but I’m only ever on the home screen for however long it takes (1 or 2 seconds) to open one of my streaming apps, none of which have ads.
You can make any smart TV dumb. Just disable the network on it and use your own streaming device (Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV, etc.).
And the Reddit blackout hasn’t even started yet. Gonna be interesting to see what this place looks like a week from now. I’m excited!
It does appear to be working fine after a reinstall, thanks!