(2017-02-17, 21:55)ZippyTheChicken Wrote: you are a little heavy handed mod.. i don't think that box was marketed as a pirate box.. although they did have issue with Kodi 17 and suggested downgrading to a previous version
We do not put up with cross promotion of Pirate "Fully Loaded" Android Kodi box reviews here on the Kodi forum.
Quote:I understand your point.. I am a Mod of /r/CordCutters on Reddit and have to ban those boxes and talk about your software almost completely because of the pirate issue but something has to be done so that users can properly make purchases of hardware that supports Kodi.
Jeez can you not READ ?
We already do !
It's called the (obvious)
START HERE hardware thread where devices that actually run Kodi properly are listed. Ones with decent Firmware and ongoing manufacturer support.
And warnings given about staying away from dirt cheap Android boxes if you actually want Kodi to run decently.
Quote:People shouldn't have to go through this blindly like I did for about a week
watching dozens of videos.. browsing many more pages
Bloody YouTube point and click generation simply cannot be bothered reading these days and putting any effort in. See the
START HERE thread. I don't know how much simpler you can get than a FAQ page.
Reviewing the literally thousands of Android Boxes is completely impossible. Listing Manufacturers that provide ongoing Firmware support to "clean" working Kodi boxes is far more important.
Quote:And I have been a user of Kodi for over 3 years .. I am not sure when I started but at least 3 years.
Well then you have nowhere to hide and should have been fully aware of Kodi Policy on Banned Kodi Addons and cross promotion of Pirate Android Boxes in reviews and direct Webstore links. We have had a ban on such Android Pirate box links in the Budget AMLogic S8xx/S9xx thread for quite a while now. (see page #1)
Quote:I am not holding you accountable for this I am saying someone in the organization needs to put some effort behind this
It gives Kodi a bad name and it gives people like me no reasonable resources...
The Piracy Box Sellers and Youtube Promoters Are Killing
And you are NOT helping Kodi's cause by posting and then cross promoting such Pirate Box review links.
Quote:What about the next guy in my shoes?
The next guy in your shoes might
actually read forum rules and the
START HERE thread
Kodi's Official Forum Piracy Policy
Quote:3. All links to pirated content will be removed.
And that includes cross promotion of Android Kodi Pirate devices - boxes a lot of YouTube reviewers get for free from Pirate box sellers.
This forum would be flooded if we allowed such Pirate box link reviews to be posted at all.
Quote:What will be the suggestion for them?
Buy a kit to make a Pii... or a $500 Nvidia or buy Mi that doesn't even have an ethernet port?..... and thats it
So approx. $8 for a known working ASIX chipset - USB > Ethernet adapter is going to break the bank ?
To then enable Ethernet for a superior - $69 Xiaomi Mi Box to run Kodi on compared to all the other budget Android junk out there. A device that actually gets ongoing manufacturer Firmware support (the single most important Android consideration), and is known to run Kodi pretty well. Seems $8 well spent if you ask me.
Suggestion is to Stop swimming in the shallow end of the pool where all the dirt cheap smelly, Android Turds are floating about.
All the adults are actually down the deep end Sipping on Cocktails !
(And the really smart ones are using devices in dual boot Android / LibreELEC box configurations)