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This is by far the least “Apple” product IMO. I hate that I can’t remove stock apps and I hate that I’m being sold to every second I’m in the UI. It’s so blatan

This is by far the least “Apple” product IMO. I hate that I can’t remove stock apps and I hate that I’m being sold to every second I’m in the UI. It’s so blatant. I paid for the box - I just want to use it for AirPlay and a small selection of apps I download, that’s all. Yet Apple treats it as a giant digital billboard in our living rooms.

markphip 6y ago
I use AppleTV exclusively, how do you feel you are being sold to? I am guessing it is in the Apple TV app? That is the only place I can think of where I see something like this but it does not seem drastically different from Netflix promoting shows to watch. I mainly use other apps and do not feel like I am seeing ads or anything that are coming from AppleTV.
unfamiliar 6y ago
Try using a Fire stick, it inserts literal ads. Same with my LG "smart" TV,it inserts ads down the side of its menu. The Apple TV is by far the lowest offender in this department.
nostromo 6y ago
I get it, but it's still a million times better than the competition. My Samsung TV showed me banner ads before I disconnected it from the internet.
- mywittyname 6y ago
  I use a roku and never feel this way. The only thing I could think of as an "ad" is on the screensaver, there are movies that float by, but I'm almost never looking at the screensaver anyway.
  - cpuguy83 6y ago
    I had to turn off banner ads on my Roku-enabled TV... creepy stuff like "I see you are watching <movie>, try it on <app> for the best experience". This was while I was watching on an actual physical AppleTV, ads were from the Roku software in the TV.
- kingsuper20 6y ago
  I have a Shield TV and can't say that I've ever seen an ad outside of youtube. Kind of a cool box. I wonder if anyone is working on a Linux port.
- javier2 6y ago
  Yeah. I got so mad when I discovered I would have returned my Samsung TV if I had a car...
adrr 6y ago
I bought an appletv because it doesn’t pop up ads like other streamers. Only search functionality is where I have issues where it prioritizes apple content over other providers It seems to be a recent change too because search used to work when first got it.
radley 6y ago
It depends which apps you have in the menu bar. Disney, Netflix, Apple, & Plex, they show continue playing shortcuts. Amazon Prime shows promo ads, so I moved it to the right so I never see them.
rconti 6y ago
FWIW the AppleTV "ads" I don't even process as ads, but my @#$@$# Fire Stick 4k pops up ads in the screensaver, and when I press "play" to resume my content, it starts playing some crap related to the ad. It's AWFUL.

markphip 6y ago

I use AppleTV exclusively, how do you feel you are being sold to? I am guessing it is in the Apple TV app? That is the only place I can think of where I see something like this but it does not seem drastically different from Netflix promoting shows to watch. I mainly use other apps and do not feel like I am seeing ads or anything that are coming from AppleTV.

unfamiliar 6y ago

Try using a Fire stick, it inserts literal ads. Same with my LG "smart" TV,it inserts ads down the side of its menu. The Apple TV is by far the lowest offender in this department.

nostromo 6y ago

I get it, but it's still a million times better than the competition. My Samsung TV showed me banner ads before I disconnected it from the internet.

mywittyname 6y ago
I use a roku and never feel this way. The only thing I could think of as an "ad" is on the screensaver, there are movies that float by, but I'm almost never looking at the screensaver anyway.
- cpuguy83 6y ago
  I had to turn off banner ads on my Roku-enabled TV... creepy stuff like "I see you are watching <movie>, try it on <app> for the best experience". This was while I was watching on an actual physical AppleTV, ads were from the Roku software in the TV.
kingsuper20 6y ago
I have a Shield TV and can't say that I've ever seen an ad outside of youtube. Kind of a cool box. I wonder if anyone is working on a Linux port.
javier2 6y ago
Yeah. I got so mad when I discovered I would have returned my Samsung TV if I had a car...

adrr 6y ago

I bought an appletv because it doesn’t pop up ads like other streamers. Only search functionality is where I have issues where it prioritizes apple content over other providers It seems to be a recent change too because search used to work when first got it.

radley 6y ago

It depends which apps you have in the menu bar. Disney, Netflix, Apple, & Plex, they show continue playing shortcuts. Amazon Prime shows promo ads, so I moved it to the right so I never see them.

rconti 6y ago

FWIW the AppleTV "ads" I don't even process as ads, but my @#$@$# Fire Stick 4k pops up ads in the screensaver, and when I press "play" to resume my content, it starts playing some crap related to the ad. It's AWFUL.