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God damn it Google.
When I turn on the TV, it's fine if the masthead is a banner advertising a new show. I'm literally using the product to find things to watch.
But fast food? That can fuck right off.
I've had an Nvidia Shield since they came out, about 6 months ago when I started seeing a car ad I was like "it's time to switch to something else.."
Or just install a new launcher
I have yet to find one that isn't lacking basic features like being about to put the device to sleep.
I've been using Sideload Channel Launcher since they started putting ads on the home screen. It's a simple clean layout that is easy to set up and get everything you want on it. It even has a icon you can add for power settings.
You can block ads on the NVIDIA shield launcher using Pihole of adguard DNS. Just need to go into settings for your wifi network on your shield, change dns1 and dns2, then reset the home app. It won't be able to download new ads, so the banner on the home page will stay the default ad for several of Google's own apps like play store and YouTube or whatever.
I too was not able to find a third party launcher that looked as nice as the original.