Re:Apple Unveils a More Powerful Apple TV
by rsynnott on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @03:41PM
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> It might be best of breed in terms of polish and features compared to Android TV, Fire TV, etc - but functionally, it's identical.
That's always kind of been Apple's thing, though. The controller does look somewhat original.
> What happened to Apple revolutionizing the way people pay for/consume content?
I suspect that the content providers looked carefully at what happened to the music industry when they played ball with Apple (especially the unilateral killing of DRM on iTunes; the last holdouts were supposedly told to drop the DRM or be kicked off) and decide that they don't want any of that, thank you very much.
That's always kind of been Apple's thing, though. The controller does look somewhat original.
> What happened to Apple revolutionizing the way people pay for/consume content?
I suspect that the content providers looked carefully at what happened to the music industry when they played ball with Apple (especially the unilateral killing of DRM on iTunes; the last holdouts were supposedly told to drop the DRM or be kicked off) and decide that they don't want any of that, thank you very much.