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Apple Eliminating iTunes Movies and TV Show Apps in tvOS 17.2
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Will it include bonus content that currently is only available on iTunes for tv shows and not the Apple TV app?
By “button”, I presume you mean “app”. I believe these will be auto-deleted with a future update, maybe with tvOS 17.2 or soon after.
I am going out on a limb here, but I believe that most users are confused by the Apple TV app, and not the iTunes Movie and iTunes TV Shows apps.
Instead of doing this, they should separate an Apple TV+ app from the Apple TV app. The Apple TV app should just be the top layer consolidating app, but all individual content apps, like iTunes Movie, TV+, Amazon, BBC iPlayer, etc should continue to be available as individual apps since they can have a richer feature set.
Let the customer decide whether they want to use the consolidating Apple TV app, or individual apps, let the better experience win.
Let the customer decide whether they want to use the consolidating Apple TV app, or individual apps, let the better experience win.
So my Movies Wish List is now gone! Had quite a few movies bookmarked to rent over the next few weeks. Is it lost forever or is it hiding somewhere that I haven’t looked yet? (It’s no longer in the iTunes Store app on iOS devices)
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Yep, as I said, "As long as Apple deems it profitable." I am not sure what about that is incongruent, unless someone wants to ignore reality.
this is actually bad because if you’ve purchased something that has since been removed from iTunes to purchase you can find it in the Movies and TV Shows apps but not in the TV app…
I can confirm this for the Apple TV apps. However, I haven't done the latest update (I'm one behind), so I still have my itunes movies, still. Before this post I was going through my wishlist and was going to buy a movie I had on there...apparently Apple no longer sells the movie I wanted. lol. Question, on the latest update, is the wishlist from iTunes Movies moved over?
I may be in the minority here, but for some time I've wondered about the repetitiveness of iTunes and Apple TV. I agree it is bad if merging the two doesn't offer all functionality of the one going way, but now that my library finally shows (despite the large catalog of items) I don't see myself going to iTunes Movie (as long as it keeps working this time). Give me one location to view my library, explore new, suggest things I may not have known to look for, and allow me to buy what I want, and I'm a happy fella. I have preferred the UX and flow of how I purchase from iTunes. So brining that over seamlessly to Apple TV app and after an adjustment period, will just be the new way we all do it.
Not that I want to give up the wonderful Movies app, but I just noticed I don’t even have the option to delete it, now that it is useless and just redirects me to the Apple TV app when I open it. Will stuff it in a folder for now and it will be missed.
But the apple tv+ app doesn’t have a wish list? The “up next” list is not the same
We can agree to disagree. I thought the same until I started using it on a regular basis. The integration is actually quite good.
Ditto!
There is nothing wrong with the App.
The killer feature that does need to be added is to add your own categories. Instead of "action adventure", be able to add "007" or "Star Wars" or "Jason Bourne" etc... so you can consolidate and sort series films.
It bothers me that I can't delete the "old" and now useless movies and shows apps...
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Well this is a dumb move. The iTunes movie app is superior to the cut down version in the TV app. It displays movie artwork in portrait format as they should be, and when you select a movie it takes you to the movie info page. The TV just plays it straight away.
I have to wonder who at Apple makes these idiotic decisions. They should probably be moved on to another department. The caffeteria perhaps. Or the car park.
I have to wonder who at Apple makes these idiotic decisions. They should probably be moved on to another department. The caffeteria perhaps. Or the car park.
With the release of tvOS 18, these two apps are still there. I wish I could remove them since they really serve no purpose now.
I am still using the Movies app to keep up with what's left of my Wish List.
Apple, if you are reading this: We need a proper Wish List. "Up Next" is NOT a legitimate substitute.