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This is so true. I refused to update a second generation Apple TV when after several updates I realized the "updates" added zero functionality to then end user.
by bogomipz 9y ago
This is so true. I refused to update a second generation Apple TV when after several updates I realized the "updates" added zero functionality to then end user. They were just occasions to put new paid-placement crapware on the home screen. I kept up this refusal to update partly out of stubbornness and partly as an experiment. Eventually, after a few months Apple just applied the update without asking. It was at this moment that I realized "I may have purchased this device but I certainly don't own it."
- tinus_hn 9y agoThe list of services on older Apple TVs was online (and cached). The services were more like websites than like apps and you could supply your own by manipulating DNS and installing your own certificates. It could change without firmware updates.