It isn’t that bad, but it isn’t good either. A comprehensive redesign is needed. I doubt this article points at one though.
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Apple to Overhaul TV App, Remove Standalone Apps from Apple TV
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It isn’t that bad, but it isn’t good either. A comprehensive redesign is needed. I doubt this article points at one though.
Interesting choice. I personally have hated the migration of trailers to the AppleTV app, so hopefully this will go better.
Also, please give me a way to say "I'm not interested in Major League Soccer, you can stop pushing it on me now".
Have to disagree. It's the primary way I navigate to content on my ATVs.
Sometimes I wonder if Apple has any quality control at all, or if Apple itself even uses its own products.
With parental controls enabled, it is not possible to browse the AppleTV+ offering. At least it was like that in the past and probably still is. LOL
With parental controls enabled, it is not possible to browse the AppleTV+ offering. At least it was like that in the past and probably still is. LOL
They're removing the wrong duplicate though?
If anything, much like the number of columns on the main AppleTV (device) screen, this should be a user selectable setting.
If I prefer the Movies and TV Shows apps, greatly prefer them in fact, leave me the frak alone?
Why does Apple have this weird fetish to force users into less usable / useful UI/UX?
For how much people complained about iTunes being too messy/hard to use, you'd think Apple would have learned from that and wouldn't continually make AppleTV app less and less usable, to the point where many actively avoid using it at all?
Transfer the bloat from iTunes to the TV app is how I read this
While I enjoy using the standalone apps so I can bypass the Apple TV+ screen, it is a bit redundant to have it in both places. I only if they would let us completely delete the podcasts, music, arcade and fitness app.
I just wish these media apps/companies would stop showing stuff I already own, and make it easier to find stuff in the genres I like to watch. I watch a lot of anime, but they don’t have a section for it. The old iTunes app let me fine tune my search for it before.
The first version and most of the versions of the TV app have not been on par with what iTunes had for features.
The first version and most of the versions of the TV app have not been on par with what iTunes had for features.
So the apps will be added with AppleTV+ on the AppleTV app on the AppleTV. Got it.
And things just keep getting worse. More Apple TV+ ads taking up the majority of the screen. Unsupported/missing paid channels (what's the deal with that? Is there some strange licensing thing with Apple and like Max and other that aren't available to get through Apple?).
I love the Up Next list. It's the main part of why I use the Apple TV instead of a FireTV or Roku. But, it's getting completely ruined by Apple's continued "revamping" of it, which is really them just adding self-serving features (BUY! RENT! GET!) and not just WATCH something that I can watch without paying $20.
That giant middle section above everything is the stupidest design flop I've ever seen, yet they keep it.
I invested heavily in purchased movies and shows with apple and have been astonished how buggy and confusing their app is. Hopefully this consolidation helps. Most confusing of all is I have a couple tv series that no matter what, when you select them in ‘up next’ the app continues to take you too other apps (like Hulu or Amazon) to watch them despite the fact that I’ve purchased them with apple.
The surprising part was that when I finally got the case elevated and spoke to someone about it, they said it was a known issue with some series and can not be fixed due to how they were originally uploaded.
The surprising part was that when I finally got the case elevated and spoke to someone about it, they said it was a known issue with some series and can not be fixed due to how they were originally uploaded.
Yes, and the option to make profiles kid specific. Kinda like YouTube Kids idea. A safe space that adults can trust kids in.
Can we get 4K TV shows on the iTunes Store while we’re at it apple? Maybe with iTunes Extras? Baffling that it hasn’t happened years ago
when I get home I want to relax and have fun, I don’t want to watch politically correct shows, stuff about gender, etc. I just want to have fun with my family, we are not perfect Apple, we don’t want to be politically perfect, we are just a happy family living in a suburb. Also I don’t understand how in 2023 “music” isn’t capable of having music videos, live performances etc in a good quality. It seems Apple want me to hear music while my huge TV is showing an album cover, music videos are in stereo pcm.
I've stopped using TV.app (macOS) coz I strongly dislike the "HDR" effect being applied to my movies.
It automatically lightens shadow detail based on the intensity of ambient light; can test this by shining a light into my MacBook Air's webcam ... I can see the gamma or whatever adjust realtime. Very annoying.
Only way to disable it is to run off battery power.
It automatically lightens shadow detail based on the intensity of ambient light; can test this by shining a light into my MacBook Air's webcam ... I can see the gamma or whatever adjust realtime. Very annoying.
Only way to disable it is to run off battery power.
Well all they’ve learned from my Roku is I watch a crap ton of baseball and hockey. I guarantee they know more from my computer.
They basically destroyed the Trailers app in favor of a lame page of Apple content trailers with a few big name release tossed in. So weak.