They made it sound like all generic Android TV boxes were infected with malware, and also made it sound like it was nearly impossible to change firmware on them. Their “investigation” was as in-depth as, Corejava folder, malware, ALL ANDROID BOXES PROBABLY HAVE MALWARE, STAY AWAY!!! Which is just a complete load of shit.
They could have done more research and listed models that did not contain malware, or list which boxes had alternative firmware to flash that make them better. Or that if you have one of these boxes that contains malware then there are ways to remove the malware from them. Because these generic Android boxes do have pretty decent value, and many can be flashed with decent firmware. But instead the message that they wanted to impress on their large audience was to avoid all these generic Android boxes regardless of any merit to their claims, oh, and buy a Google Chromecast! Yeah… great recommendation… don’t buy these generic devices that spy on you, buy the one from the company that pays our bills!