Clarify channel-breaking warnings on bloat list#19
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Real-device finding on a Shield: com.android.providers.tv was disabled, which broke Apple TV's Up Next / Continue Watching channel because the TvProvider is the system content provider where every streaming app publishes its Watch Next entries. The previous description only mentioned Pandora and the Live Channels API — users opting in didn't realize they were also killing app channels. - com.android.providers.tv: now explicitly calls out Apple TV / Netflix / Disney+ Continue Watching channels alongside Pandora and Live Channels. Risk stays High; default stays N. - com.google.android.tvrecommendations: clarifies the disable removes both Sponsored rows AND home-screen Watch Next rows on the stock launcher, and that it's a no-op on third-party launchers. - com.google.android.leanbacklauncher.recommendations: notes it only applies to the older Leanback launcher. No behavioral change — wording only.
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Wording-only fix surfacing the actual cost of disabling three packages.
Background
On a real Shield I found `com.android.providers.tv` disabled, which broke Apple TV's "Up Next" / "Continue Watching" channel — because the TvProvider is the system content provider where Apple TV / Netflix / Disney+ / etc. all publish their Watch Next entries. The user opted in to disabling it because the existing description only mentioned Pandora and the Live Channels API — not the much more user-visible cost of breaking app channels.
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