Mickey7@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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-square4fedilinkarrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareshininghero@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 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-squarerdyoung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoOP is talking about LG, afaik they roll their own os. Probably not enough demand for whoever is behind the app to make it available on that os
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.
OP is talking about LG, afaik they roll their own os. Probably not enough demand for whoever is behind the app to make it available on that os