Hi and hope all are well today. First, thanks in advance for any / all responses. Second, apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask this question.

I’m curious if anyone, has moved completely from using an AppleTV to something else. Current use case for the ATV is a few streaming apps (Crunchyroll / HiDive, Tubi, etc.) and Apple Arcade (a few casual games).

If you did completely switch, what did you decide on using? Did you go back to buying movies / using a DVD/Blu-Ray player, setup a mini PC and stream from websites / rip music and movies, use a gaming console instead, etc.?

Exploring options and entertaining thoughts for right now. Again, thanks and have a good day / evening.

Edit - 2024/01/01 - Just wanted to thank everyone for the lively discussion and resources (links, recommendations, etc.) related to my question.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•6 months ago

    I’m happy to be proven wrong, but need a little more than some anon’s vague doubts first.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•6 months ago

        Also you could just……review their public financial statements and compare to other tech companies. Google is very much an advertising company, and it’s a huge part of their reported profits. The fact that you could ignore that and think Apple is worse simply because you feel like they are is just a silly debate strategy.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•6 months ago

        Yeah, I tend to think the first one to posit a statement should also be the first to supply evidence

        • circuitfarmerEnglish
          -6•6 months ago

          Exactly. Not sure why it would be on me for refuting a statement.

          Apple doesn’t rely on selling or advertising your data as a business segment.

          That was a claim offered without evidence.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•6 months ago

        For your own argument? No, I won’t prove your points for you.

        If you believe Apple is doing something, I await evidence they are until shown otherwise. If you’re just flipping that logic around to shirk this, then you’re not actually trying to converse in good faith here.

        If you want a source for my argument, here you go: https://fossbytes.com/apple-data-collection-explained/

        • circuitfarmerEnglish
          -9•6 months ago

          Hey there ya go! Providing a source for the argument you made first! Thanks.

          • @[email protected]English
            3•6 months ago

            You could also just look at the revenue streams reported by each company and see that most other tech companies make a majority of their money on what Apple has been accused of doing.