cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22226160
Reportedly high budget has brought Apple TV+ a lot of prestige, but not a lot of viewers.
I already subscribe to enough services and I really don’t want to give Apple my money.
Apple TV is the best streaming service at the moment, hands down. I say this as a lifelong Apple hater. So many bangers:
- Slow Horses
- Silo
- Ted Lasso
- Severance
- Bad Monkey
Then I have Shrinking and Disclaimer on my to watch list.
Shrinking is a slow burn. Give it a few episodes and the characters and acting will suddenly click and then it is very very good
As an Android user, how do you propose I watch?
I’m aware that you released to some Android TV devices a few years ago, you haven’t released to the Android OS yet and as a Chromecast user I’m still out of luck.
You’re ignoring a huge section of the market, so go fuck yourself Apple. You don’t get to ignore users and then complain that no one is watching.
Do you remember when Game of Thrones was only available via HBO Go, which was only available via iOS devices and then Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show? I FUCKING WONDER WHY???
I’ve (somehow?) watched a number of Apple shows and they are good shows. Mythic Quest, Shrinking, Severance. I’m you’re target audience, it’s time you pay attention to that audience. You’re not picking me up now, I’ve already found “other methods” but you can win me back if you make it easier. It’s going to take some time, but time to get started.
I rage-quit after 4 episodes of Foundation, so I don’t remember how we were watching, but it was either on a PS3 or in Firefox on a Linux box. Those are the only two things I have ever had hooked to the TV. I haven’t used the PlayStation for ages, so we were probably watching it through a browser.
https://support.apple.com/guide/tvplus/watch-in-a-web-browser-apdc0cb7ad64/web
You need an account, but not an Apple device.
So now I need a computer hooked up to my TV and I have to navigate using a keyboard and mouse, very user friendly.
In my house Apple TV has a Samsung tv app, a Vizio app, and is installed on a Roku.
Also unless your chromecast is ancient, they also have a chromecast app
So, you’re not complaining about having to have an Apple device, you’re complaining about is that Apple doesn’t have an Android app for whatever Android TV device you’re using?
You can watch Apple TV on your Android phone, or your Android tablet, through a browser. You can watch it on your laptop or desktop through a browser. You could even watch it on your Android TV device… through a browser. You could cast it from your browser on your Android phone to your Android TV. Or, like a great many people do, you could - yes - hook a computer (laptop?) up to your TV and watch it that way. I bought a $10 mouse/keyboard remote for mine that works as well as any remote I’ve ever had. For a little more, you can get one that’s more remote-like in form factor, although I prefer typing on the larger one.
Anyway, there are tons of ways to watch Apple TV on Android devices.
So apps aren’t important anymore? Every other streaming platform I pay for has an app and I can easily use it to play all my content.
Also is Apple TV still limited to 1080p when using a browser? Looks like maybe if I use Mac and Safari I can get 4K, but otherwise I’m limited to 1080p.
Also, why am I jumping through all these hoops? How about I pay for something and I get good service?
You implied that, as an Android user, you couldn’t watch Apple TV without an Apple device. If you really want you, there are several ways without buying Apple hardware. I think the PlayStation has an app.
I’m generally in favor of native apps, but in the case of streaming TV, I’d rather use a browser - it’s one less application to install that provides questionable value over a web page, and gives me far more options for viewing content in a variety of situations. At one point we had Prime, Netflix, and Apple all at the same time, and I used a browser to watch all of them; there was almost no difference.
I don’t know the answer to the resolution question; we’ve canceled all of our streaming accounts.
My perspective may be different. Aside from my Android phone, I don’t use anything other than Linux. Having access to services through a browser, rather than having to install apps that companies rarely provide for Linux, is a vastly superior accessibility solution.
I see pirated Apple shows all the time and I just pass. I’m very uninterested in their content, even for free.
I watch Apple TV shows more than any other service. I love SciFi and they have an excellent set of shows in that genre.
I can tell no one is watching though. The just cancelled Big Door Prize, which was really good.
Can you recommend some from their service?
I have quite a few of their shows already but I’m super into so-fi so I’ll take any recs I can get.
severance is one of the best shows anywhere in the last few years. For All Mankind is also really good.
See and Foundation are okay/watchable.
There’s plenty Id really like to watch on Apple TV. In fact, I watched Severance using my parents account while they had it temporarily. But now that I’ve tried it, I know that there’s no point in me getting it because they make it as hard as possible to watch anything if you don’t have specific devices. Literally all the other streaming services make it stupid easy to watch what you want using any device. But Apple still has a decades old stick up their ass about proprietary bullshit and they want you to get an iPhone for the simplest experience. I have loads of different devices and I ended up using an old MacBook with chrome to cast the browser to my TV. And that was really annoying and I’m not about to pay for that experience. You want my money? Make it easy. It’s that simple.
There’s another way.
I just watch shows. Don’t care which network they come from. :)
If I were to commit myself to a single streaming service it would probably be Apple TV
Which are your favourite shows ?
Apple has about 259 shows and movies compared to Netflix’s approximately 18,000.
Given genre preferences, that’s about 20 watchable shows, then?
Are people not watching? It’s my understanding that the movies have flopped but the tv shows are doing well.
If it all drags out like Wolfs I am not suprised.
We didn’t make it to the end. Good premise, way too much senseless talking.
