Mickey7@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhy do certain brands of smart TV's exclude specific apps. For instance if you have an LG TV you cannot add the MLB appmessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy do certain brands of smart TV's exclude specific apps. For instance if you have an LG TV you cannot add the MLB appMickey7@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareshininghero@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI don’t know of any exclusivity deals for apps. Haven’t heard of that being a thing. It’s more likely an android versioning issue, where the app is too old to run on the TV.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoLast I heard LG TVs run WebOS. In 2011 you could buy HP tablets running this. The OS traces its roots back to Palm Pilot PDAs.
I don’t know of any exclusivity deals for apps. Haven’t heard of that being a thing.
It’s more likely an android versioning issue, where the app is too old to run on the TV.
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Last I heard LG TVs run WebOS. In 2011 you could buy HP tablets running this. The OS traces its roots back to Palm Pilot PDAs.