• XLE@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    It’s cutesy until it’s not. Anybody who has long-term experience in recommending any brand will tell you that the brand will eventually decide they don’t need to be outstanding in any category.

    Apple just started pushing ads in its maps app, which was supposed to be the better alternative to Google Maps.

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      13 hours ago

      Right… but the discussion is specifically about how Apple is pretty much the only consumer friendly TV device available right now. Hopefully a new, better one comes along but to your point, that one will eventually be shit too soooo idk whats the point its all going to burn

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        11 hours ago

        I hooked a PC up to my device. You’d be surprised how consumer-friendly it is. I didn’t even need to beg Tim Cook to run my favorite programs on it.

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          8 hours ago

          I want to try this for sure, but was that an out of the box solution?

          I have a PC but it can’t use HDMI CEC correctly, so I would have to buy an adapter, then buy a special remote, configure that, then figure out how I want my boot storage encrypted or not.

          What’s the app/service situation like?

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          11 hours ago

          That’s a great solution. It think we were talking more about people that don’t even use PCs. Older people like grandparents or other tech illiterate that maybe use a tablet at most.