IMHO, for a quick out-of-the-box solution, the AppleTV is still the better streaming box.
Performant, tight software experience, large software catalog, proactively asks about blocking tracking data, and no ads all over the place.
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MiDaBa@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Why won’t anyone make a privacy focused premium streaming box with no ads? I’d pay so much for this thing that will never exist.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
AProfessional@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It does advertise Apple content but its not too bad.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You can turn that off. If you don’t want the TV app to show new TV+ shows when it’s highlighted in the dock, you can set it to display recently watched content. And recently watched content will be app agnostic.
The feature is a little buried, but it’s a nice experience upgrade that is worth switching over to.
Tinidril@midwest.social 5 months ago
Mainly because the major streaming services wouldn’t allow their platforms to run on it.
CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Until then, a Raspberry Pi or SFF PC will do the job just fine. They even work with remotes if you get an IR receiver for them.
xylogx@lemmy.world 5 months ago
We need a fediverse streamin service.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
Torrent?
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Apple TV is a premium streaming box without ads. The privacy aspect is less clear, but probably better than Samsung, Google and Roku that are all harvesting data.
An open source solution would be better.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
I love how dividing by an unknown somehow makes a bigger number for you. The bias is leaking.
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Apple chargers more and isn’t openly selling data (Samsung) or openly selling ads (Google). The commercial activity provides some insight here, that suggests Apple is better for privacy.