The linked article isn't about hacking the AppleTV to run apps. It's about figuring out what the API looks like today as a way to guess what it will look like i

The linked article isn't about hacking the AppleTV to run apps. It's about figuring out what the API looks like today as a way to guess what it will look like if released. The point is not to do interesting things today; the point is to be among the first to release an app if the ecosystem does open up.