Sending my dad a YouTube video by text doesn't work well: the link is hard for him to open, and when it does open, YouTube plays two ads first.
So BoomerOS, the simple TV home screen we're building for our parents, has a list of videos I pick for him. His exercise videos are on it: one tap on the tablet remote and one starts playing on the TV, with no ads.
To add a new one, I use my computer: paste the YouTube link and move it to the top of his list. Back at the TV, it's first, one tap plays it, and it's Rick Astley. More on BoomerOS.
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I'm about to rickroll my senior dad through his TV.
When I text my dad a YouTube link,
it's hard for him to open it.
And when he does, YouTube often plays ads first,
so he doesn't know what's going on.
So we built a way into BoomerOS for TV for me
to add YouTube videos for him.
Like these exercise videos he watches all the time,
and it just starts playing.
And the nice thing is, if you notice, there are no ads.
Once I have a YouTube link,
I copy it, I paste it right here,
and then let's move it up to the top.
So this way he gets to see this wonderful video right away.
Look what's there.
Now he can get rickrolled like the rest of us.