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Profiles don't work well on Apple TVs at all though. You choose a profile on the device, and then you still have to choose a profile whenever you launch any giv
by moolcool 7mo ago
Profiles don't work well on Apple TVs at all though. You choose a profile on the device, and then you still have to choose a profile whenever you launch any given streaming app as well. I don't know what changing profiles on an Apple TV actually does.
- hvjackson 7mo agoApps can hook into the Apple TV user profiles if they want, but many don't.
- moolcool 7mo agoAs a developer myself, I respect and understand that it's not their fault that profiles are useless As a consumer, I don't care whose fault it is that profiles are useless.
- lurking_swe 7mo agothe developer needs to write code to detect the current profile. Most app’s don’t do this, and they explicitly ask a 2nd time. Not apple’s fault. There are some apps that get this right. Infuse recently added support for this.
- moolcool 7mo agoIt's not the end user's problem whose fault it is.
- lurking_swe 7mo agoI agree with you. and the end user can blame Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, etc for not delivering the best experience for their customers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- nmcfarl 7mo agoOr they can blame Apple for delivering a developer experience to those companies that makes those companies not want to play ball. Not that they likely will, as Apple owns the framing.
- astafrig 7mo agoas an end user it is my problem when trying to complain in the right place
- iwontberude 7mo agoI don’t know I think Apple should be able to keep COW filesystems for every user to apply atop a read only file system. Unique apps, unique settings (maybe unify tv settings into admin panel) and no cross-contamination or need for app owners to switch profiles. macOS software doesn’t need explicit understanding of profile switching, neither should iPadOS software.