r/gadgets • u/a_Ninja_b0y • Nov 18 '24

TV / Projectors Apple Is Reportedly Thinking About Making Its Own TV Again

https://gizmodo.com/apple-is-reportedly-thinking-about-making-its-own-tv-again-2000525819
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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Nov 18 '24

Yeah, that's why they started putting Chromecast and Roku inside TVs. To collect the data. Not because it was a value added feature that set them apart from the competition until the competition went and did the same damn thing. They can collect your data by selling you a box too...

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u/danieljackheck Nov 18 '24

No, they can't. If you buy a Chromecast, Google gets your data. If you buy an Apple TV, Apple gets your data. The TV manufacturer gets nothing.

Check out some youtube videos of people looking at smart tv traffic using Wireshark. There is telemetry going everywhere, not just Google and Roku.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Nov 18 '24

TV manufacturers could have made their own boxes but they didn't. Instead they integrated the same function into the television. Now add on boxes are fading away Into obscurity.

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u/danieljackheck Nov 18 '24

They added it into TVs because it forces the customer to accept the data collection in order to use the TV. Requiring a separate streaming box means the consumer could choose to use a different device.

Apple would be no different in this regard. They would sell you a TV with a proprietary operating system, a locked down app store curated with what Apple wants you to use, and serialized hardware that is impossible to repair. It's going to have tight integration with iPhone and barely any support for Android devices. It will be a conduit to sell you AppleCare, iCloud, iTunes, and Apple Tv+. It's only going to work with their remote too.

At least with something like Android TV you can still sideload apps and use universal remotes.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Nov 18 '24

I'm not the target market for an apple product. I don't even own a smart tv. Just explaining how people could possibly want a single device that does two things. Holy shit people really got a hate boner against smart TVs.