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Use Apple TV for that.
by allarm 21d ago
Use Apple TV for that.
- abenga 21d agoI.e. spend more money to do things the TV can perfectly well do. We should make the spying illegal so we can use the devices we buy to their full potential without being sold to advertisers. "Give money to this other company that may or may not also be collecting data and may also sell you out in the future" is a suboptimal solution.
- drnick1 21d agoIf you want true, verifiable privacy and control, it's not an Apple TV that you need. Any old laptop or desktop computer can be used to stream content from the Internet using a Web browser or other "apps."
- allarm 21d agoE.g. Netflix doesn't let you to stream 4k video in browser afaik. So no, it's not a good option.
- dns_snek 21d agoDesktop OS also don't support Dolby Vision or fancy spatial audio formats. Trifecta: Piracy + Local media server + Streaming device, either Apple TV/Android TV (without internet access). No loss of quality, devices that could spy on you, don't, and those that would spy on you, can't. The only trade-off is some convenience.
- int_19h 18d agoIt does let you do that, but only on platforms where they can enforce HDCP. So e.g. Edge on Windows or Safari on macOS work fine, and I think Chrome recently joined the list too. But not on Linux.