brian green

As it stands, I do not use the YouTube app on my 4k AppleTV, I use the version on my 4k UHD TV instead. I'd rather just be able to use my Apple TV for everything, but as it's stands, the AppleTV version is well behind the version on my TV. It's obvious to me that Google is doing this intentionally.

For those of you who currently own an Apple TV, is there a compelling reason to choose the 64GB model over the 32GB?  I'm not a gamer, and have my iTunes content on my iMac.  Thanks in advance for your help.

sog35 said:

lkrupp said:

Trouble is we hear abut these hires and special projects and nothing ever comes of them. Still relying on the iPhone to keep the ship afloat. Everything else appears to be a ‘hobby’. Sort of like Google’s barge in San Francisco bay. You’d think the world’s most valuable company, drenched in cash, would be able to juggle several major products at the same time. But everything is always ‘in the pipeline’ isn’t it?  New iMacs? In the pipeline. New Mac Pro? In the pipeline. Streaming packages? In the pipeline. Self-driving vehicle? Maybe in the pipeline. VR/AR? In the pipeline. AppleTV? Only God knows. That pipeline should be constipated by now. Apple = iPhone and Google = Advertising. And not much else.

Services.

That's bigger than Facebook.

Apple Watch.

That's bigger than Amazon Echo.

Airpods.

A multi-billion dollar company

Apple Music. Another multiple billion company.

Mac just had its biggest quarter ever.

iPad is still the #1 tablet in the world.

WTF more do you want?

You know full well what we want.  It's what we actually used to get.  You know...new Macs.  How 'bout them apples?  Apple has truly screwed people over with all of their supposed R&D and what have we gotten to show for it?  A BS Touch Bar on a laptop with practically no ports?  Is that what you're suggesting is so great?  Because let's be entirely clear here, the headphones are cute and all, but I don't care about them in the least when it's new Mac's we're after.  Not sure what the folks at Apple are actually doing, but they certainly aren't releasing new Macs.  Hell, I've had a 4k TV for over two years now, and I can't even get an AppleTV that can push 4k.  What the hell are they waiting for?  What the hell are they actually doing?  They certainly aren't releasing stuff, and don't even get me started on their "Innovating, my ass" comment and their entire lack of upgrades for the Mac Pro.  

If Apple wants to actually Innovate, they've got to stop blaming the lack of new chips and the lack of this or that, and actually innovate a way around it.  That's what innovation is.  It's finding a solution when none of the options are working.  They are "supposedly" spending all of this money on R&D.  Well if they are, they certainly don't have teams actually designing and pushing out new Macs.  But you're right.  If all you ever care about is the iPhone, iPad, and Watch, then things are certainly looking rosy.  They are damn splendid even.  For the rest of us, we're getting hosed and Apple doesn't seem to care, which is what is truly upsetting.  So get Phil's ass out on stage and get us some new Macs that aren't slight tweaks to existing models.  Innovate damn it.  Innovate.

It would seem to me that in the 21st Century, we'd have news that cited every one of its facts much like a scientific paper does. If you state something as fact in an article, it needs to be cited. Any "anonymous" sources need to be labeled as such and questioned by all. Most articles fail to cite the sources with direct links, much like a scientific paper does, and I think that would go a long way toward solving this issue. Bibliographies are a good thing.

anantksundaram said:

Holy shįî. I hope someone from the company is paying attention to this stunning conversation. 

I think we may may be in the midst of a Trumpster-level mindshift in the Apple faithful. I am sensing a serious sentiment shift. 

It'd be great if Apple actually DID pay attention, but I don't see evidence of them doing so in any meaningful way.  Siri has been around for a rather long time, and yet many of us out here feel like Apple hasn't pushed forward and made it great.  If they are working to improve it with their various acquisitions and hiring additional personnel, that work has yet to be realized.  I'm underwhelmed by their performance, as are many on this forum.  For once, it'd be great if Apple actually listened to their customers on an issue and actually did something to fix it.  Siri has a long way to go to actually be a Digital Assistant.