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Originally Posted by OtinG
You are being Captain Obvious. Only a total moron wouldn't understand that the for rent/buy content is mostly 3rd party content, unless you are on Disney which owns half of it already. Duh. And that is the problem I’m having, the 3rd party content is okay but pricey, and the Apple original content is for people two generations younger than me. I'm sure it is good for the Millennials, but for us old guys, well not so much.
Also I’m referring to the Apple TV+ service, not just the Apple TV box. With or without the Apple TV+ service, the Apple TV box will do just what the Fire TV devices do, shove lots of expensive 3rd party content in our faces. So much so, that it is often difficult to cut through all that crap advertising to quickly find what you paused a few days prior, or locate something that is free and watchable. Apple, Roku, Amazon, Android TV, etc. all try to guess what you want to watch then try to give you an enema with it. I hate that, especially since none of them have a clue what I want to watch. Their guesses are more often wrong than right. I wish they would stop it, but they won’t as they make too much money for advertisements. Personally, I’m well aware what shows are on what service, I don’t need Apple or Amazon to hold my hand and walk me over to the correct channel while taking a detour down Advertisement Hell alley. And their search features are nearly totally advertisement based, and often make suggestions that even Kevin Bacon can't figure out how they are connected to what you searched for.
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Better to be Captain Obvious than Captain Oblivious!
I'm referring to the Apple TV+ service rather than the box as well. I don't disagree with what you say as to where it's at right now, I was commenting on the original vision behind the idea.
You would think that Apple with all that data about movies I've purchased or watched and Amazon with all that data about books that I've bought would make good recommendations, but that's not the game. At one time, Amazon was actually pretty good about recommending books I might like, but now it's all about pimping authors who pay them to do so with no regard to if it might be something I like. At least Amazon Prime Video lets me filer on movies included in Prime. It is annoying to bring up a movie and find it cost $3 to watch.
I believe that Apple only has a very small catalogue of shows and movies that they actually produce. Everything else is from some other service. It would be nice if there was an option to only see shows and movies from a service you subscribe to.