I don’t want any device for my TV that makes it hard to install free apps like Jellyfin without logging into an account. I tried fake accounts with Apple devices in the past and ended up with a couple devices that were basically bricked when the fake email account I used got disabled due to lack of activity.
Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
THX1138@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Apple TV for the win
melfie@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
If you think another private company with profit on their mind is safe, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
www.statista.com/…/apple-ad-revenue-worldwide/
They still have an ad business, and ads are what companies turn to when times get tough. There’s no guarantees that Apple will stay on top for other reasons, and to assume such a thing will never happen is truly foolhardy.
It’s like believing Valve will be the same after Gabe Newell dies.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I definitely think Apple is less susceptible to this, but people seem to forget that Apple literally has an ads business.
Look at the ads in Apple news and in a couple of other places. Apple isn’t immune to injecting ads into the UX of their products.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 5 weeks ago
Hasn’t Apple seriously considered the ad business in the past? I think I saw a video about it years ago. Most likely, they will switch their strategy as soon as it makes financial sense to do so.
THX1138@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
As it stands now Apple TV for the win and I’d be legit shocked if Apple puts ads as you boot up an Apple TV.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s not that they won’t do it. It’s that they currently don’t so it’s a good choice.
When they add ads, then we can find something else. I’m on Roku now but have been increasingly annoyed by the increase in ads.