Spoken like a true fanboy. Apple could have nudged the networks THAT ALREADY HAVE CABLE SUBSCRIPTION DEPENDENT APPS FOR iOS to tweak them for tvOS, but no, they have to introduce the "new" Apple TV with nothing pre-installed, no iTunes iOS/tvOS sync capabilities, and a crappy search function so that it takes you, like, half an hour to discover that there are no new premium TV/movie network apps. Then fanboys like you point out that it's the networks' problem, not shiny "it just works" (but not anymore) Apple's problem.
If I had known in advance that the tvOS app store would be filled with a) useless crap b) the same apps I already have on my 3rd gen. Apple TV, and c) a bunch of stupid time-suck games, I would have exercised my patience by NOT SPENDING MY MONEY YET on the "new" Apple TV.
I completely agree. These are your basic streaming paid services and completely dumbfounded as to where they are. Not acceptable! And vudu would be nice also!
No you really don't. You can import your app over with very little work at all. It took me less than an hour to convert it over. It's 90 percent a iOS app. So honestly there is no excuse!
So as a developer, you're making the statement that all iOS apps can be ported over to tvOS as quality apps with minimal effort from the developer?
Lucky for you, you're still within the product return window and can get your money back. Probably a good idea. You sound like you've let this product get you pretty upset.
Pretty much yes. Very little difference in programming. Big companies who have dedicated teams to do this like HBO, Netflix etc could do it in 8 hours.
That's a load of crap. It DOES take a dolt not to see the obvious: the apps I'm fuming about are ALREADY written for HD streaming from iOS devices to large-screen TV's. They just need a minimum recode to port them to tvOS. This rush to market without significant content is why nobody is buying 4K TV's. Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave...
Except that on the cable box, the content is shown in 1080i and the audio stream is just not as clean. I get what you're saying, but the 1080i vs 1080p issue is why some cable subscribers are switching to satellite services. You'd think the cable operators would get that and also lobby the premium networks to get up to speed with tvOS.
Wait for what? I'll tell you what: they're waiting for vocal consumers like me to tell them what we want. We want MORE and BETTER content than we had on the previous generation platform. The new hardware costs significantly more than the old. We should get what we paid for from the jump.
And I'm not surprised, When I got my iPhone 6 90% of the apps still had to upscale the iPhone 5's resolution, even after 4 weeks into the launch. The dev's are lazy bastards. There is also the fact that if the tv networks had it their way, there would be a separate app for every channel with a separate $7 a month subscriptions and I don't think that's exactly what apple had in mind.
You folks act like no one has a right to complain. If nobody says anything, the lazy-ass web teams at these cable networks will assume everything is fine and they don't stand to lose customers with their unacceptable lack of effort to provide apps for a new platform. the first thing I did was write e-mails to the contact addresses of these premium networks. It's been proven that shaming these folks on social media and in forums such as this one are effective in getting them to re-prioritize. The HD streaming apps already exist for iOS. Porting them to tvOS takes a matter of hours, not days. Stop being Apple fanboys and fangirls for a second and be activist consumers.
