Holy, imagine the backlash (and all the smug “well you should have one already anyway!!1!” posts) if they pulled this with the USB-C iPhones 😬
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New Apple TV No Longer Includes Charging Cable for Siri Remote in Box
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It's getting to be too much courage. They're really pushing it.
Exactly, you can't have it both ways. Everyone wants to bitch that apple should move everything to USB-C because everyone already has a USB-C cable. So apple doesn't include the cable that "everyone already has" and it's the end of the world?
As long as they tell you what you're getting, I don't see the issue. Some products include batteries and some don't. Nothing new here. Just do your research, buy what you need, stop complaining, and enjoy using the product.
Edit: if this comment makes you "angry" then you have issues. Wow.
Edit: if this comment makes you "angry" then you have issues. Wow.
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Ethernet and Matter support, if you buy the more expensive version.
Although isn't Matter coming to the current Apple TV, too?
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A lot of people are not happy with Tim Cook today 😆
Get over the missing cable people.
Is that all you can comment on the new Apple TV?
Is that all you can comment on the new Apple TV?
Better than race to the bottom inane juvenile comments.
Good riddance to the included cable. What a waste.
I have a drawer full. I'll take a less expensive ATV vs paying more for an included cable I (and I suspect most people) don't need.
And if you need one? They're plentiful and cheap. Don't make me pay for a cable I don't need.
Good job, Apple!!
I have a drawer full. I'll take a less expensive ATV vs paying more for an included cable I (and I suspect most people) don't need.
And if you need one? They're plentiful and cheap. Don't make me pay for a cable I don't need.
Good job, Apple!!
I don't blame them for not including the cable. Look at how expensive they are.
Oh yeah I know. Like why defend a trillion dollar company for free
Sure they may think it’s not a big deal but only here u see these kind of attitude to let apple be greedy
Next year they won't include a remote. Everybody has an iPhone and Apple Watch, who needs the pesky remote?
The only reason I have such a cord on hand is because I already own an iPad Pro. Otherwise with every other Apple product that isn't a Macbook requiring Lightning, why would you expect others to have a USB-C cable laying around?
they are doing it because they can and not for the environment.
If you're buying an Apple TV and don't have a USB C cable in your house already, you likely have no business buying an Apple TV.
Why did the change it to USB C anyway? Port is only used to recharge the uncomfortable remote, lighting is good for that.
Downvote me all you want, but it makes sense. I have the old Siri Remote (thin one) and I only charge it like three times a year? The new one has a much bigger battery, so the average person would probably only have to charge it twice (or even once if they tend to use their phone as a remote often) a year. Paired with the fact that it has a common port, that most people have at least one USB-C cable in their homes at this point, and that these remotes charge to full in like 30 minutes, and it makes sense why you'd remove it. I'd even say it's a waste of a cable.
I'll be awaiting your "Apple Sheep" and adjacent replies.
I'll be awaiting your "Apple Sheep" and adjacent replies.
Like many others, entirely missing the point. It’s not about, cost it’s about waste.
I'm with you! And I'd say the same thing about ANY company's product, not just Apple's.