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.
Comment on “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months agoIf you think another private company with profit on their mind is safe, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
THX1138@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months 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 2 months ago
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
No, you implied that they’ll never ever ever never ever in a million years turn to their ad business to supplant lost sales elsewhere and that related things couldn’t happen to impact their sales.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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.