StrangeDays

oh hell no. no lame. I like mine but will not be locked into their brand storage, no technical reason for this 

“Gah the entry-level model doesn’t have all the features I want!” - okaaayyy…

It’s striking that the biggest apps (YouTube, Prime Video, Netflix, Max) are all among the worst, most poorly implemented video players out there. YT and Prime are simply god awful, ignoring native UX paradigms and using their crap non-native interfaces. Max has regressed and now doesn’t even support “what did he say?”, or rewind captions; hell, even edge-click to rewind is non-native there now, requiring two clicks to activate instead of one, and other weird anomalies and departures from the native player. 

The bigger the company, the more their app sucks, seems to be the rule. 

robin huber said:

Just buy TiVo and incorporate its features, especially its remote which is the best in the business. Streaming has made modern television a MESS, and there is plenty of room for Apple to step in and provide “TV for the rest of us.” 

I have to disagree. I ditched cabled long, long ago, but when I use it at a family member's or a hotel, I am shocked at how badly it sucks. 

- The "Guide" interfaces to browse channels. Clunky, chunky, laggy, and generally awful.

- There are like 300+ channels in that guide, dozens of them for channels the set doesn't even get! Have to use "page up/down" buttons to travel it. What is this??!!? lol

- The content -- 90% reality TV, either cooking or home improvement shows. That's it. It all sucks. I am *not* missing anything on cable, whatsoever. 
My MIL recently got some new fangled set-top box for her cable, like an Apple TV (but not) and it was so confusing to her we had to send it back and get the old school cable box back. 

So compared to all that, the ATV is a dream:

- I just have apps for the channels I subscribe to

- The best ones integrate w/ the TV app so play nice with the "next" queue so I can avoid their shitty in-app custom UX. Netflix of course, refuses to play ball.

- You can even use the TV app's browser to select your subscribed channel and view its content offerings, without ever leaving TV app and having to use the horrible developer's app (looking at you, Prime and Max).

...so no, cable is already a mess all by itself. My ATV makes it sane. It would be even saner if all the apps abandoned their shitty custom players and used the native ATV player/controls and Up Next feature.

launfall said:

launfall Perhaps a tariff on all goods imported from Indonesian equivalent to Apple's investment will change their mind. I would also suggest such a tariff on all good imported from EU countries should they continue their planned punitive actions against Apple equalling a 10% tax on Apple's global sales. Hit them where it hurts the most then sit back and listen to the screaming from their manufacturers.

No, because tariffs are stupid. Despite what you may have heard, the foreign entity does not pay tariffs, domestic importers (US companies) do, and then roll that cost into a higher priced good so the consumer pays it.