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I never even see an Apple TV nor do I know how much one costs. But, all this will do is generate more E-waste, plus this means people who bought these devices
by jmclnx 2y ago
I never even see an Apple TV nor do I know how much one costs.
But, all this will do is generate more E-waste, plus this means people who bought these devices would feel cheated, especially older people. There was a time you bought a device like a TV and it was expected to last forever. My first TV I had for decades until I had to go to wide screen.
I think these large companies should be forced to accept these obsolete devices and dispose of them properly. I know many people will just toss these in their trash no matter what the local ordinances say.
- neilalexander 2y agoThe affected generations of Apple TV were from 2010 and 2012 respectively, predating the current tvOS-based models by several years which are all still supported. Those generations weren't especially popular at the time anyway but it would be very unlikely that there is a significant number of these in use after 12 to 14 years given that Netflix were probably one of the last streaming platforms supporting them.
- jpl56 2y agoI understand they can't keep these old devices forever, since they aren't powerful enough to deal with the new codecs (and the constant pings to ad servers). Buying any stuff that depends on a app brings new e-waste every other year. I set my TV as a second monitor for my PC, with a bluetooth remote control to navigate Youtube and a few AutoHotkey scripts. It will never be obsolete, but it has a rather low WAF...