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Not really. Apple TV seems to be the closest ive found to not being riddled with ads though. the home screen doesn't have ads at all, the closest which exists i

Not really. Apple TV seems to be the closest ive found to not being riddled with ads though. the home screen doesn't have ads at all, the closest which exists is the "top shelf" feature when you hover over the Apple TV app, and that can be turned off in settings. But it has some other issues

etothet 4mo ago
I do a lot of my streaming with Apple TV, but the worst parts about the Apple TV app are in my opinion are: - Too many promos of other shows before watching a show. This is often for shows I've already watched and am watching. Apple knows which shows I watch. It shouldn't need to give me promos for shows I've watched or am actively watching. - Poor UX for "Play Next Episode" functionality. If I just finished an episode of a show and I click to watch the next episode, I don't need to see the recap of the previous episode or the intro. - Speaking of intro, when you click to skip, it usually leaves you somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds from the end of the into, not actually after it.
- prepend 4mo ago
  I think GP was talking about the hardware AppleTV, not the streaming service AppleTV (which are stupidly named).
  - literatepeople 4mo ago
    and the apple tv app! which is different from the box and the streaming service which was formerly called Apple TV Plus
socalgal2 4mo ago
I'm pretty happy with AppleTV except for the walled garden. I want to run Kodi. I do run it via XCode and a dev account but because of the app restrictions it's a 2nd class experience. Looked for alternatives like Jellyfin but the only ones on the app store all appear to spy on what you view.
- prepend 4mo ago
  I run Plex and am pretty happy. Will likely eventually switch to Jellyfin as Plex is getting lamer and lamer.
  - CrimsonCape 4mo ago
    Jellyfin's worst aspect is the opinionated file structure. You have to set up folders the way it wants, and then the resulting UI browser is what-you-see-is-what-you-get. Pretty sure it's done this way for automated metadata discovery. Ideally, this would be designed in two parts: separate the file structure from the metadata discovery mechanism. I personally want a file structure managed by the OS. Let me make folders and nested subfolders to whatever structure I prefer. Then make the metadata discovery slightly more manual. Click a media file, click a hypothetical "add metadata" button, and then a simple search box with "is this your movie?" and click apply to import metadata from a search result. easy peasy. The UI is clearly meant to resemble a typical media app but falls short if the end user prefers, for example, foobar2000's UI.
    - toraway 4mo ago
      Yeah that's the Number 1 issue I have with Jellyfin. It seems to be tolerating whatever semi-organized structure I give it until it just faceplants on some specific show and I have to tediously reorganize the directory structure/names and manual refresh until the metadata lines up correctly. I like that I don't feel I'm about to be rugpulled on Jellyfin and the client is pretty solid for me but the library scanning is pretty aggravating at times.
    - ssl-3 4mo ago
      I'm OK with structuring file layouts however it wants. I'm even OK with giving Jellyfin a whole directory tree full of symlinks that are organized exactly how it desires, and then automating its ongoing maintenance. The thing I'm not OK with about Jellyfin is that the common answer for remote access involves setting up a reverse proxy or a VPN or some other darned thing that I will never be able to talk my mom into configuring her Roku to be able to use.
iririririr 4mo ago
how can you live with that awful remote? not even a mute button. and it makes me earn for the old directtv remote! that's how bad it is. Everything is so unresponsive and odd.
- literatepeople 4mo ago
  The new remote has a mute button. Old remote was garbage.
- doublepg23 4mo ago
  ? it has a mute button and I find it as responsive as my old shield tv.
- prepend 4mo ago
  I really like the remote. It has mute and volume and like swiping on the top rather than clicking. I like that it’s aluminum, doesn’t take batteries, and is bluetooth (or at least doesn’t require line of site). It’s the longest lasting of any remote in my house. You’re probably thinking of earlier versions that were different.
al_borland 4mo ago
My one gripe is that I sometimes get notifications on my AppleTV that there is an offer for 3 months free of Apple’s streaming service. I didn’t even know the AppleTV had notifications before this. I hope insidious tactics like that end when Tim Cook steps down. While it’s better than full-on ads, like most others have, it still makes the experience feel cheap (in a bad way).

etothet 4mo ago

I do a lot of my streaming with Apple TV, but the worst parts about the Apple TV app are in my opinion are: - Too many promos of other shows before watching a show. This is often for shows I've already watched and am watching. Apple knows which shows I watch. It shouldn't need to give me promos for shows I've watched or am actively watching. - Poor UX for "Play Next Episode" functionality. If I just finished an episode of a show and I click to watch the next episode, I don't need to see the recap of the previous episode or the intro. - Speaking of intro, when you click to skip, it usually leaves you somewhere between 5 and 10 seconds from the end of the into, not actually after it.

prepend 4mo ago
I think GP was talking about the hardware AppleTV, not the streaming service AppleTV (which are stupidly named).
- literatepeople 4mo ago
  and the apple tv app! which is different from the box and the streaming service which was formerly called Apple TV Plus

socalgal2 4mo ago

I'm pretty happy with AppleTV except for the walled garden. I want to run Kodi. I do run it via XCode and a dev account but because of the app restrictions it's a 2nd class experience. Looked for alternatives like Jellyfin but the only ones on the app store all appear to spy on what you view.

prepend 4mo ago
I run Plex and am pretty happy. Will likely eventually switch to Jellyfin as Plex is getting lamer and lamer.
- CrimsonCape 4mo ago
  Jellyfin's worst aspect is the opinionated file structure. You have to set up folders the way it wants, and then the resulting UI browser is what-you-see-is-what-you-get. Pretty sure it's done this way for automated metadata discovery. Ideally, this would be designed in two parts: separate the file structure from the metadata discovery mechanism. I personally want a file structure managed by the OS. Let me make folders and nested subfolders to whatever structure I prefer. Then make the metadata discovery slightly more manual. Click a media file, click a hypothetical "add metadata" button, and then a simple search box with "is this your movie?" and click apply to import metadata from a search result. easy peasy. The UI is clearly meant to resemble a typical media app but falls short if the end user prefers, for example, foobar2000's UI.
  - toraway 4mo ago
    Yeah that's the Number 1 issue I have with Jellyfin. It seems to be tolerating whatever semi-organized structure I give it until it just faceplants on some specific show and I have to tediously reorganize the directory structure/names and manual refresh until the metadata lines up correctly. I like that I don't feel I'm about to be rugpulled on Jellyfin and the client is pretty solid for me but the library scanning is pretty aggravating at times.
  - ssl-3 4mo ago
    I'm OK with structuring file layouts however it wants. I'm even OK with giving Jellyfin a whole directory tree full of symlinks that are organized exactly how it desires, and then automating its ongoing maintenance. The thing I'm not OK with about Jellyfin is that the common answer for remote access involves setting up a reverse proxy or a VPN or some other darned thing that I will never be able to talk my mom into configuring her Roku to be able to use.

iririririr 4mo ago

how can you live with that awful remote? not even a mute button. and it makes me earn for the old directtv remote! that's how bad it is. Everything is so unresponsive and odd.

literatepeople 4mo ago
The new remote has a mute button. Old remote was garbage.
doublepg23 4mo ago
? it has a mute button and I find it as responsive as my old shield tv.
prepend 4mo ago
I really like the remote. It has mute and volume and like swiping on the top rather than clicking. I like that it’s aluminum, doesn’t take batteries, and is bluetooth (or at least doesn’t require line of site). It’s the longest lasting of any remote in my house. You’re probably thinking of earlier versions that were different.

al_borland 4mo ago

My one gripe is that I sometimes get notifications on my AppleTV that there is an offer for 3 months free of Apple’s streaming service. I didn’t even know the AppleTV had notifications before this. I hope insidious tactics like that end when Tim Cook steps down. While it’s better than full-on ads, like most others have, it still makes the experience feel cheap (in a bad way).