NextDNS is awesome if you want the simple solution, and don't have any hardware to install services on. Thee free version is somehwta limited to queries(300k per month), but personally didn't hit those when I was using the free tier.
NextDNS has a lot of nice customization and can easily had custom block lists. The pro version is 2euros a month I believe. I personally stick with NextDNS due to never having to worry about updating the service and it always just works. I also have it hooked to my Tailnet, that way all my devices use it by default.
But ofc, Pihole, Adguard and the rest are also awesome. Best to just pick one that looks good for you. The end goal here is to just have something running in the background rather than nothing.
I believe it's more about what you do to the system, than about each box you can buy.
I have not heard of any one android TV box being more privacy respecting than others. In the end they're all running Android TV. However there are a bunch of things you can do to debloat your system to minimise processes etc... Y nvidia shield at least let's me disable any system app I want. You can ofc sideloads apps, for example you can:
Projectivy Launcher, instead of stock launcher. This launcher looks alot better and also avoids the new fullscreen ads.
SmartTube, instead of YouTube. It's YT but without ads and has sponsor block.
If you want true privacy than you're gonna want a Linux PC of any sort connected to the TV instead.
I recently had the same thoughts but was Ted to try nonetheless. Asked for some beginner friendly resources here on lemmy a little while back. Might be to further help for some 😊
Wow! Thanks for the detailed response, although I'm not based in the US, I'm sure I could find some similar things to what you mentioned. Thanks a lot 🌼
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NextDNS is awesome if you want the simple solution, and don't have any hardware to install services on. Thee free version is somehwta limited to queries(300k per month), but personally didn't hit those when I was using the free tier.
NextDNS has a lot of nice customization and can easily had custom block lists. The pro version is 2euros a month I believe. I personally stick with NextDNS due to never having to worry about updating the service and it always just works. I also have it hooked to my Tailnet, that way all my devices use it by default.
But ofc, Pihole, Adguard and the rest are also awesome. Best to just pick one that looks good for you. The end goal here is to just have something running in the background rather than nothing.