I’d get one if there was a good open source os I could easily flash on one of these that made these actually useful and ad free.

Want a smart display? Get an open source magic mirror kit, not a corporate owned pos.

Well, at least some part of the users are frustrated with ads. What bothers me more is that the majority certainly couldn’t care less whether there are ads on their device or not. If they did, Amazon would be forced to do something about it.