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I strongly prefer the Apple TV UI approach over all the rest. The whole content recommendation view is contained withing the Apple TV application, instead of t

by Legion 5y ago

I strongly prefer the Apple TV UI approach over all the rest. The whole content recommendation view is contained withing the Apple TV application, instead of the home screen. The home screen gives me an unsullied grid of applications. If I want to have the content recommendation view be my default, the settings gives me the option of defaulting to it instead of the home screen.

echelon 5y ago
> I strongly prefer the Apple TV UI approach over all the rest. > unsullied grid The only thing "unsullied" was the brief period of time you could get everything on Netflix without everyone stuffing their grubby hands into the cookie jar. I'd swear Apple is paying for astroturfing everywhere on the Internet. I know you're not an ad, but I'd honestly never know it with the way the Internet works these days. A lot of folks have Nvidia Shield because they don't want to be beholden to the FAMNGA monopolist giants. And yet, here we are. I'm tired of being sold to by companies that want a bigger market cap and more user lock in. Apple probably wants their 40% cut of all ticket sales and streams, and Google wants to beam ads into your skull.
post_break 5y ago
Right now AppleTV is the only way to get a somewhat AD free way to consume streaming. SmartTVs have ads, now the last hold out does too. Roku, ads, firestick, ads. It's gross.
kelchm 5y ago
I'm really surprised at just how much I like my Apple TV. I (wrongly) assumed it was a bit of a joke of a product for many years. The latest 4k model is ridiculously fast (despite using an 'old' A12 SoC). Across the board it just works better than any Android TV, Fire TV or Roku I've ever used.
- vinay427 5y ago
  The Apple TV is really good, but have you tried the Nvidia Shield (Pro)? The launcher leaves something to be desired, and just mever felt entirely optimized for the remote and device even before this ads issue, but at least in my experience applications run extremely quickly even compared to my Apple TV which is already fast. On my Shield, that's while running a webcam recorder (NVR) with two simultaneous network streams 24/7 in the background, which makes it even more impressive to me.
thefz 5y ago
You can't even compare an Apple TV With the Shield Pro, in software, in hardware and in features. Can you run a Plex server on the Apple TV? HW SD upscaling? Game streaming from a PC with an Nvidia card? Access the filesystem, access USB attached storage?
- KitDuncan 5y ago
  At least game streaming works just as well with Moonlight. Everything else you mentioned are very nieche usecases for most users. (I say that as somebody running a Plex server myself).

by Legion 5y ago

echelon 5y ago

> I strongly prefer the Apple TV UI approach over all the rest. > unsullied grid The only thing "unsullied" was the brief period of time you could get everything on Netflix without everyone stuffing their grubby hands into the cookie jar. I'd swear Apple is paying for astroturfing everywhere on the Internet. I know you're not an ad, but I'd honestly never know it with the way the Internet works these days. A lot of folks have Nvidia Shield because they don't want to be beholden to the FAMNGA monopolist giants. And yet, here we are. I'm tired of being sold to by companies that want a bigger market cap and more user lock in. Apple probably wants their 40% cut of all ticket sales and streams, and Google wants to beam ads into your skull.

post_break 5y ago

Right now AppleTV is the only way to get a somewhat AD free way to consume streaming. SmartTVs have ads, now the last hold out does too. Roku, ads, firestick, ads. It's gross.

kelchm 5y ago

I'm really surprised at just how much I like my Apple TV. I (wrongly) assumed it was a bit of a joke of a product for many years. The latest 4k model is ridiculously fast (despite using an 'old' A12 SoC). Across the board it just works better than any Android TV, Fire TV or Roku I've ever used.

vinay427 5y ago
The Apple TV is really good, but have you tried the Nvidia Shield (Pro)? The launcher leaves something to be desired, and just mever felt entirely optimized for the remote and device even before this ads issue, but at least in my experience applications run extremely quickly even compared to my Apple TV which is already fast. On my Shield, that's while running a webcam recorder (NVR) with two simultaneous network streams 24/7 in the background, which makes it even more impressive to me.

thefz 5y ago

You can't even compare an Apple TV With the Shield Pro, in software, in hardware and in features. Can you run a Plex server on the Apple TV? HW SD upscaling? Game streaming from a PC with an Nvidia card? Access the filesystem, access USB attached storage?

KitDuncan 5y ago
At least game streaming works just as well with Moonlight. Everything else you mentioned are very nieche usecases for most users. (I say that as somebody running a Plex server myself).