[rchaud]

> To be honest I'm surprised Google is not cracking down hard on this, because it absolutely tarnishes the Android brand. They really feel like a "warez" version of AOSP plus cracked Google Play.

Nobody's using these boxes for anything besides pirated IPTV. The market for Android boxes has existed for a decade.

There is not going to be much crossover between people buying hardware like this (to view pirated cable), and the people Google markets Chromecast/Chromeboxes too, because all those do is show paid/ad-funded 'legit' content.