New Apple TV model

[wilderkun]

Why would Apple make a stick of it already licensed airplay, has the Apple TV app available to third party and also has iTunes libraries? They aren’t going to focus on old TVs. They are about new purchases. There’s literally no point in an Apple TV that doesn’t have an App Store, and for that you’d need more than a stick

 

[subjonas]

Why would Apple make a stick of it already licensed airplay, has the Apple TV app available to third party and also has iTunes libraries? They aren’t going to focus on old TVs. They are about new purchases. There’s literally no point in an Apple TV that doesn’t have an App Store, and for that you’d need more than a stick

I didn't say a stick makes business sense for Apple. You said "there is no reason" for it, and that there is no market need that it would fill. That I disagree with. If your only point is that Apple doesn't have enough financial motivation to fulfill that demand, I have no opinion about that.

 

[DJHB1980]

There's literally no reason for a stick. If you have the stick, you'd be unable to run 90% of the apps, and 99% of new tvs have the Apple TV app installed, a good amount have access to your library. If you had a stick you'd only be able to access those two things. There's no point in it, and people think it's gonna happen, but it won't. Please stop beating this horse.

im not 100% sure of what you mean,

if apple released an apple tv device in the form of an HDMI stick as well as a box, there is no reason for it?
is that what you are saying?

being able to do much the same on a stick in a different room just by plugging this into an upstairs or wherever tv or on travels is not useful
the portability alone would be a massive factor.

educate me/us on why a stick compared to a box is so not needed
if i wanted apple tv on 4 tv's, do you think 4 boxes is more sensible that 1 box and 3 sticks or even 4 sticks?

im just not understanding the rationale at all?

you think tv's with airplay (wher available) is a better or replicable alternative to having the apple tv in a HDMI stick form?