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I hereby declare the new AppleTV the 'iPod TV.' Another device in which Apple's anti-Flash stance keeps me from pressing the 'Buy now' button. These days, vide

I hereby declare the new AppleTV the 'iPod TV.' Another device in which Apple's anti-Flash stance keeps me from pressing the 'Buy now' button. These days, video = streaming and like it or not, a large portion of streaming video that streams through the web is one over Flash. This won't change anytime soon. I hate having to fire up my desktop to watch streams for sports or recent TV episodes on the network's homepage. I think about it, and I would have gladly paid apple twice as much for such a device but doubt I'd shell out as much for a dedicated Boxee device.

stevejohnson 16y ago
By this argument, Netflix apps should also play Flash because Netflix "does streaming." How the hell do you expect them to deal with the controls on flash movies that explicitly expect a point/click device rather than a remote control? There is no good reason to arbitrarily add Flash support to a set top box that doesn't even have a web browser in the first place. The Apple TV has nothing to do with Flash or any anti-Flash stance.