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I had not convinced the use case of using this as an exit node. Fuck this simplified so much.

Tailscale also runs on Android TV. If you don't have an Apple TV and want a cheap device just to have an exit node, you can buy a $20 Android TV thingy.

Beware that a lot of cheap Android TV boxes come pre-loaded with heaps of malware. You don't want them in your network.

Linus Tech Tips has a video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vpepaQ-VQQ&themeRefresh=1

That's true. However, Walmart's $20 Onn 4k Streaming Box has no malware, apparently.

I abandoned the Google TV thingy because it was great when it was new a year or so ago, but now after all the updates it frequently stutters when playing media from Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, etc. Apple TV is silky smooth and works perfectly.

At $200, it was 4x the price, though.

The expensive Nvidia Shield Pro is dogshit as well for streaming performance at $150-200. Ridiculous.

You're the first one I've read that has had issues with streaming performance on the Nvidia Shield. I have the non-Pro nvidia shield and its been rock solid for streaming external content and local content. Including 4k. I even ran it as a plex server for a while. Are you using wireless or plugged into ethernet?

Works great for me?

It’s most likely just because of new codecs. If you got a newer cheap device it would probably not stutter (until the next round of codecs, but Apple TV requires the same upgrades)

I don't think so, x264 and x265 haven't changed in the past 12 months, or even the last 2+ years. My suspicion is Elgoog releases Android system updates without thoroughly testing them on existing released hardware.

My friends have Apple TVs that don't stutter, for 3+ years.

If it were my machine I’d also investigate the audio streams. Audio decoding can be surprisingly heavy

It … kind of does, but if you filter the reviews by "TV" you'll see there's quite a few issues with it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tailscale..... Not sure why the back button issue hasn't been fixed, that makes it very inconvenient to set up. (Also: are you sure it can be used as an exit node? That wasn't supported a few months ago.)

Why, apparently it finally does - since when? Last time I checked, I'd have to sideload it on my Nvidia shield?

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