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[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Oh goody, another streaming service…just what the world needs.

[–] butter@midwest.social 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Not another streaming service. Another streaming OS.

Apple TV, the roku/firestick/android TV competitor.

Not Apple TV, the Netflix/Hulu competitor.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How much does that matter?

If it’s an app or an OS I’m still subscribing and getting to watch what they upload, no?

[–] butter@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

No. Apple TV is 2 different products with this name. Apple TV+ is a subscription based TV streaming service. Like Netflix and Disney+.

The other one, Apple TV, the one Sonos is copying, is a piece of hardware that plugs to your TV and downloads apps to connect to the other streaming services. This hardware piece is comparable to an Amazon Firestick, a Google Chromecast, Nvidia Sheild, Roku, and a slew of cheap Android TV boxes.

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