How can I add a web browser to LibreELEC?

    The other reason is Amazon/Netflix addons that stop working after a while. Even just being able to web browse on the TV is a big plus. ATM I am running a desktop with flatpak Kodi just to have a browser but that has other issues, Audio is never reliable ( outputs change etc) Bluray plackback is completely broken. LibreElec is the only way to play media reliably.

    Here is another reason, streaming services which do not have a kodi app (and never will have a kodi app) but can be watched through a web browser. Nowadays streaming services have their proprietary apps in ios or android and no one seems bothered to develop or maintain unless there is a humongous kodi userbase for it :cry:

    Quote from Da Flex

    A modern web browser is a media player on its own. So it goes to a wrong direction on LE. If one needs Kodi and a web browser, install a regular OS like Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi OS.

    I don't believe this is true.

    For me at least, Kodi is a replacement for "smart" TVs. If a critical component like a web browser is missing, it forces me back to the TV.

    Libreelec is not an embedded system, and we can take advantage of that fact. I feel a lot of hostility towards actual users when they have reasonable requests like this.

    Quote from ghusto

    I don't believe this is true.

    For me at least, Kodi is a replacement for "smart" TVs. If a critical component like a web browser is missing, it forces me back to the TV.

    Libreelec is not an embedded system, and we can take advantage of that fact. I feel a lot of hostility towards actual users when they have reasonable requests like this.

    I respect that opinion. There are different angles to look at this topic. It would be cool to have that option, and users could decide.

    Read here about an option for a web browser: RE: Web Browser for Non-Legacy LE?

    Quote from ghusto

    Libreelec is not an embedded system, and "we" can take advantage of that fact

    I've quoted the "we" for emphasis ^

    Kodi devs made a serious proof-of-concept for a Kodi-internal browser 3-4 years ago. This proved that it was a non-trivial feature to bring to Kodi. The prototyping showed a mountain of platform-specific code was needed (Kodi supports 6+ platforms) and it would also need frequent updates to manage the inherent security issues of a browser; the underlying browser engine (Chromium) is in a state of constant change for the same reason. The team concluded that adding a browser is technically possible, and we all see the value of having one, particularly to ease the challenge of accessing streaming platforms. However the overall level of effort required to implement and then maintain an in-Kodi browser doesn't align with how Kodi is [under]staffed since forever or the anarchic way the project operates itself.

    Quote from ghusto

    I feel a lot of hostility towards actual users when they have reasonable requests like this.

    I'm normally aiming for sarcasm more than hostility, but "we" get bored of new users showing up and expecting us to treat their reasonable suggestion differently to all the previous times the same reasonable suggestion was already reasonably answered.