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All the streaming boxes suck now

• CharlesW 4y ago
  > You can see how this plays out by looking at the homescreen of any set-top box on the market. They don’t lead with content; they lead with apps. Apps are content now, interactive or not. > As it stands now, the Apple TV interface is maybe the most “just a grid of app icons” of all. On Apple TV, anyone who wants to “lead with [TV and movie] content” can set the TV button to take them to the Apple TV App instead of the Home Screen.
• etempleton 4y ago
  The article both praises and dismisses the Apple TV. It is by far the best box and I have tried a lot of them. It isn’t even close. You don’t need to like or use Apple anything else for it to work and work to its full potential. The grid of icons are great. It is easy to understand and use. The remote is good as well and works seamlessly with most TVs. There are no ads and the interface is well designed and thought through. It is also fast and because it is based on iOS all the apps are well supported. So if you discount the Apple TV all of the streaming boxes suck, but there is really no reason to cast it aside.