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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by anytimesoon@lemmy.ml to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
 

Everyone keeps saying it's the best media player, so I'm interested in getting one, but I haven't had a google account for many years now and don't want to create a new one just for this.

Does anyone know if it's possible to run one without a google account?

Edit: I would only want to use it for Plex and maybe youtube

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[โ€“] anytimesoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I suppose I could use someone else's account for initial set up. I've had a look and it seems nextdns allows different profiles per device, so I'll just block as many google domains as I can that way

[โ€“] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Good thinking. I retired my Shield Pro 2015 about a year ago, precisely because I was ditching Google entirely. I have yo say, even after 8 years, few to no other streaming devices came even close to the performance of that beast.