....exactly the same for me (I'm in the UK!) - still processing but arriving as above!
Some people still don’t understand the difference between paying with money and paying with personal data …
That aside, the Apple TV is ridiculously expensive, especially when you need to buy more than one.
I would have but I have a shattered remote which would easily decrease the amount I could get for it so I just went with the new remote. Realistically, the new Apple TV 4K will be identical to what I’ve got. If it had the A12X or A13, hell even the A14 and I would have upgraded, but there’s really no major new features for the type of content we consume.
I thought it was IR but now that I think of it, it does have Bluetooth. DUH. I have 5 TV's. One gets used a lot, one not as much and the others on occasion. I absolutely hate the old remotes. Guess I could just pair and re-pair on occasion but that's kind of a hassle. I really don't want to have to buy 5 remotes. Maybe I'll put in a word in my suggestion box. 😜😜
I was the same, ended up just getting the remote (I was one of the seemingly few who adored the original remote but man this new remote is much better) as the jump from the original AppleTV 4K to this one wasn't great or better than I expected. There are rumblings of a gaming-specific AppleTV in the near future so if true I'll see what that one is all about.
I like the new remote. It's basically features from every other Apple TV remote, with a couple extra (the scroll wheel like on the iPod classic) all rolled into one.
You could get some of the old aluminium Apple Remotes - they’re IR only, and they’re so much nicer than the Siri Remote.
And some people still don't understand that everyone is tracking you and selling your data, including Apple. At least Google is up front about it, which you can opt-out if you like. Check your Safari privacy settings in MacOS Big Sur or on an iDevice. It's similar wording to Windows 10.
It's not so much the tracking they do, it's what THEY DO with the tracking that bothers me.
Come to think of it, it might be a good deal to snap some extras up now. I dunno about you but I could totally see them ceasing production/sale of these soon. In fact I'm kinda surprised they haven't already.
There are quite a few rumors speculating that an additional Apple TV geared for gaming will be announced in the fourth quarter of this year. So I'm holding off to see if these rumors come to fruition. Because at this point I'm in total agreement with you. This version is a bad joke in my opinion.
Can you provide proof that Apple is actually selling personal data? Would be genuinely interested!
Just plug in hold your iPhone to the new TV, you'll be fine... (I mean it's more involved but this is the gist)
No, he cannot and if he says he can he is lying. I mean it is healthy to be skeptical especially of big corps, I do not trust any of these companies either, I do know that Apple will accumulate your data, supposedly anonymously if you opt-in maybe Apple does some weird, "We didn't lie in our wording of the agreement you signed off on, you just didn't understand the context, lawyer f*ckery talk." but they hang a lot of their reputation on privacy and it would be devastating to Apple to have it revealed that they also collect and sell your data. Even not trusting Apple that fact makes them a little better than other companies in the privacy realm.
