cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22226160
Reportedly high budget has brought Apple TV+ a lot of prestige, but not a lot of viewers.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22226160
Reportedly high budget has brought Apple TV+ a lot of prestige, but not a lot of viewers.
I rage-quit after 4 episodes of Foundation, so I don’t remember how we were watching, but it was either on a PS3 or in Firefox on a Linux box. Those are the only two things I have ever had hooked to the TV. I haven’t used the PlayStation for ages, so we were probably watching it through a browser.
https://support.apple.com/guide/tvplus/watch-in-a-web-browser-apdc0cb7ad64/web
You need an account, but not an Apple device.
So now I need a computer hooked up to my TV and I have to navigate using a keyboard and mouse, very user friendly.
In my house Apple TV has a Samsung tv app, a Vizio app, and is installed on a Roku.
Also unless your chromecast is ancient, they also have a chromecast app
So, you’re not complaining about having to have an Apple device, you’re complaining about is that Apple doesn’t have an Android app for whatever Android TV device you’re using?
You can watch Apple TV on your Android phone, or your Android tablet, through a browser. You can watch it on your laptop or desktop through a browser. You could even watch it on your Android TV device… through a browser. You could cast it from your browser on your Android phone to your Android TV. Or, like a great many people do, you could - yes - hook a computer (laptop?) up to your TV and watch it that way. I bought a $10 mouse/keyboard remote for mine that works as well as any remote I’ve ever had. For a little more, you can get one that’s more remote-like in form factor, although I prefer typing on the larger one.
Anyway, there are tons of ways to watch Apple TV on Android devices.
So apps aren’t important anymore? Every other streaming platform I pay for has an app and I can easily use it to play all my content.
Also is Apple TV still limited to 1080p when using a browser? Looks like maybe if I use Mac and Safari I can get 4K, but otherwise I’m limited to 1080p.
Also, why am I jumping through all these hoops? How about I pay for something and I get good service?
You implied that, as an Android user, you couldn’t watch Apple TV without an Apple device. If you really want you, there are several ways without buying Apple hardware. I think the PlayStation has an app.
I’m generally in favor of native apps, but in the case of streaming TV, I’d rather use a browser - it’s one less application to install that provides questionable value over a web page, and gives me far more options for viewing content in a variety of situations. At one point we had Prime, Netflix, and Apple all at the same time, and I used a browser to watch all of them; there was almost no difference.
I don’t know the answer to the resolution question; we’ve canceled all of our streaming accounts.
My perspective may be different. Aside from my Android phone, I don’t use anything other than Linux. Having access to services through a browser, rather than having to install apps that companies rarely provide for Linux, is a vastly superior accessibility solution.