There's also a pervasive idea solid-state means works forever. Ask anyone who collects old computers and you'll find that ain't true. Solid state devices fail

There's also a pervasive idea solid-state means works forever. Ask anyone who collects old computers and you'll find that ain't true. Solid state devices fail with age too, via electromigration, temperature cycling fatigue, hot carrier injection, NBTI/PBTI and a host of other causes. And it gets worse the smaller the geometries we are working with. It's huge topic of concern in the industry. We won't be around to know, but I'd be confident enough to bet you a beer that Apple TV will be dead as a doornail in years or decades, not centuries.