With the recent password sharing crackdown, I decided to ditch my Netflix subscription and try piracy. What I miss about Netflix is scrolling through content and finding something to watch. With piracy I need to know exactly what I am looking for.

So I am wondering if it’s possible to have a Netflix like GUI but powered by piracy? And as this is the pirate world, it shows shows and movies not just from Netflix but also from the other streaming services? And finally it is available on TVs ( Samsung tizen in my case). Something like this would be the best case scenario. Wondering if someone has a similar setup?

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This is fine but doesn’t work unless you’re watching on a device with a decent and usable web browser. Most people are using android boxes and Apple TVs etc so that’s not a viable solution.

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The option to cast a stream from a phone to a Chromecast, Roku, etc has been pretty functional for quite some time now.

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That’s just another not ideal situation though. Casting is crap, that’s why people buy media boxes. They get a remote, a UI, apps, etc.

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You don’t forego any of those things when you cast.

Your remote still works, you’re in the same media box UI, still only a click away from other apps.

Maybe slightly imperfect, sure. But it works great and I see no reason to act like it isn’t a viable workable option.

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I’m having a good experience with Samsung DeX on an 7 year old TV. Gives me a trackpad with keypad on my phone to navigate a full OS on a large screen. In a pinch, I connected a Bluetooth keyboard to my phone and have even used it as a document editor using Google Docs without any hitch.

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There is an app called OnStream that works on Android. If you are okay with putting third party apps (non open source) on your device, that is.

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