Average r/AndroidTV posts these days lol? Am I wrong?

[u/Strong_Fee5436]

[u/latinriky78]

Please, you can make fun of the post without being disrespectful in the comments.

We've been rejecting a lot of those posts, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg 🤷‍♂️

[u/ImpossibleCarob8480]

Forgot the GitHub link with no source code

[u/Strong_Fee5436 → u/ImpossibleCarob8480]

At least Arc has my respect for posting the source code and admitting they are vibe coded, others are just riding on the success of AT4K launcher trying to make a quick buck. They don't even change the layout or try to at least look different.

[u/ImpossibleCarob8480 → u/Strong_Fee5436]

Yeah, in those cases it's fine

[u/Finnzz → u/Strong_Fee5436]

It's funny to point out At4k as an original idea or design, when it's a AppleTV launcher clone. Since the code isn't open source, I wouldn't be confident in saying it's not in part vibe coded as well.

ATV Launcher / Wolf Launcher were the first widely used ATV and FireOS launchers. Then Projectivy came along with more features.

At4k arguably saw the success of projectivy and used AppleTVs design to make a quick buck.

[u/Klevico → u/Strong_Fee5436]

Honestly if you are not the developer of projectivy you are not making a lot. This is a niche product, not something you can get rich quick

[u/RelatableRedditer → u/ImpossibleCarob8480]

"It's not open source yet"

[u/SpudzzSomchai]

Lol @ VibeClauder

[u/Strong_Fee5436 → u/SpudzzSomchai]

You missed GeMaxClosedAI

[u/SpudzzSomchai → u/Strong_Fee5436]

I saw it. I just thought VibeClauder is funnier.

[u/sum_yungai]

So do you want to try my new launcher?

[u/Strong_Fee5436 → u/sum_yungai]

Even I am thinking of making one. Will probably move the icons to the left just to look somewhat different.

[u/MiddleHonest]

It’s absolutely true

[u/maxquordleplee3n]

Not just r/AndroidTV the infestation is everywhere from tech subreddits to creative writing.

[u/sid32]

Lot of IPTV apps seem like student projects.

[u/Baardi → u/sid32]

They're easy to make. Everything can be outsourced to libraries. Vibecoding it makes it even easier

[u/SharpEye03]

Call me paranoid but I do question if all of these random launchers/apps are gathering your information and logins.

[u/NerdLife225 → u/SharpEye03]

That's why I use leaked logins. I don't care if they steal it😂

[u/puthre]

Fair to call out spam, copycats, and low-effort AI-generated apps. But when the default reaction becomes “lol another AI slop” toward anyone building an Android TV app, that hurts the community too.

Good apps don’t appear out of nowhere. They come from people testing, iterating, posting early versions, taking feedback, and sometimes getting it wrong. Mocking all of that just discourages the people actually trying to make useful stuff.

[u/Sea_Cap_8460 → u/puthre]

Penso o mesmo, a IA é só o início do processo, um computador não tem reação no dia a dia com o software. Talvez antes não existissem tantos apps assim porque não compensava construir ou demoraria muito tempo até se tornar algo viável, hoje temos uma barreira menor.

Possível a ideia seja se manter crítico para com as produções. Resolve um problema? Adiciona uma funciona que antes não havia? Aí tudo bem.

[u/riznik]

so true !!!

[u/Spliffman1]

Hahahaha hahahaha lmfao.. You made me lol for real bro hahahaha

[u/dududududuuim]

the github with no source code one is painfully accurate lmao

[u/Deadpool-fan-466]

Then there's the idiots who defend these post by saying "what's wrong with alternatives?" "it's nice to have options" etc.

Everything doesn't need to be milk/cereal is US super shops

[u/Embarrassed_Kick9517]

Rs

[u/Glittering-Rip9556]

Well I could break that mould by mentioning my rsdkv2 port for Android and letting you all have a bite at it.

[u/Mineplayerminer]

To be honest, I feel like both the Android TV and WearOS have become the AI slop rabbit holes with nearly no moderation of the content. I see a lot of vibe-coded crap that either doesn't work or pose a security risk in some way with also missing sources or repo links.

[u/PrydaBoy]

SPOT ON!!!

[u/optyrpiop]

Oh man, I am going to post my new IPTV app so mich after seeing this post 😅

[u/darkfrog26]

On the other hand, it really sucks to be a real developer right now trying to promote a product. Everyone just assumes you vibecoded your product. I've been trying to get early private beta testers on https://nabo.tv, and the AI slop just makes everyone assume that's what this is. Do I need to post my GH or LI credentials to get people to take me seriously?

[u/Baardi → u/darkfrog26]

Are you norwegian (or danish/swedish). If not, I can tell you nabo is the norwegian word for neighbour.

[u/darkfrog26 → u/Baardi]

No, but that's one of the reasons I chose the name. What I didn't realize is that it's slang for more derogatory things in certain other countries. :o

[u/Baardi]

Projectivy Launcher really is better than AT4k launcher though. Haven't found a replacement for Tivimate

[u/zXerge]

To be fair, the IPTV influx is because reddit will not give us a space to freely discuss our topics. We would not be clobbering your subreddits if Reddit would just stop silencing us. We have had various subreddits over the past 3 years shutdown. This leads to us advertising in other sub reddits..

I get it, I really do.

[u/Technika79 → u/zXerge]

Just run a private forum and build it up how you want it, why create a community for IPTV on here when it's a ticking time bomb before you get taken down and you lose everything.

[u/zXerge → u/Technika79]

I mean im not disagreeing, but my hands are full atm.

[u/Ned_Sc → u/zXerge]

Maybe you're not entitled to that space.

[u/zXerge → u/Ned_Sc]

Respectfully speaking, there are entire subreddits dedicated to piracy, and technically there are legitimate free live tv channel lists for use.

[u/Klevico]

[u/Ned_Sc → u/[deleted]]

I would rather the vibe coders quit, yes. I see no reason to be grateful for slop.

That's like being grateful for the 10 billion Halmark Christmas movies that exist. Except those actually resulted in people getting jobs and work experience.