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mac_128 said:

I'm sure Apple was working very closely with the City of Cupertino, and weren't expecting any surprises -- at least none that couldn't have been fixed quickly. Why is this a story?

You may have missed the seemingly endless discussion following Apple's event announcement that the theater didn't "look" finished in that last drone video, and "does Apple have a permit" , "will they be forced to go somewhere else if it isn't done?", and so on, and so on, and so on.

Come to think of it, I'd be better off if I were asking myself the same question you asked above 

SpamSandwich said:

Would be great if an over-the-air digital antenna could connect to the Apple TV so the entire TV viewing experience could remain in their UI.

That ship sailed before the first Apple TV shipped.

These iPods have been almost perfect at what they do. So long old friends.

techprod1gy said:

Is anyone else yawning while Apple does little to impact this space?

braderunner said:

The Apple TV needs A LOT more than this.  

It's obvious Apple needs to do more, what's less obvious is that every video content company in the world is extremely wary of making deals with Apple. It might take lots more tiny, unexciting steps before universal search becomes useful for the majority. 

retrogusto said:

because the FilmStruck (Turner Classic Movies + Criterion Collection) catalog is so amazing,

Thanks for the info, I hadn't heard of this service before.

SpamSandwich said:

Net Neutrality is a diaper load which basically amounted to a handout for heavy bandwidth users. Happily, it's going away.

It seems to me that you're conflating a problem created by "unlimited data" with net neutrality. All data has a cost, it's just that in their haste to attract subscribers, ISPs have promised more bandwidth than they are capable of delivering.

I'd prefer that the FCC leave the laws as they are, but that ISPs would charge for every gig of data from every customer. That would more appropriately eliminate "a handout for heavy bandwidth users."