I ment in 4k. They are not perfect but I do feel they are better than the iTunes and I’m an Apple fan. They do have faults, right now they are not doing 4k movies in hdr 10 but in Dolby Vision. If you have a television that supports Dolby Vision it’s great but unfortunately Samsung and Sony have not as of this moment.
Ok. Your right. For 4K it's Vudu or nothing. I actually like Vudu but prefer iTunes do to having most of my colllection reside there. Def think having Vudu available on almost all devices (basically Fire TV/Stick is the only missing) makes the appeal a lot stronger.
Again, I richly understand how it can be framed as a "choice" in defense of Apple. What if one of these players doesn't have 30% of the revenues to share with Apple? Is it still a "choice" to NOT be onTV or shall they just lose money because the lack of sufficient profit margin is no excuse for them?
And yes, I also know about the well-rumored Netflix "special deal" with Apple that apparently got them a hefty discount off the norm. So if I'm also a big player like Amazon or Vudu, do I want to accept Apple's normal deal or get the same discount they gave to Netflix? Is that me being the bad guy for not enriching Apple at the full deal or is that Apple being the bad guy for playing favorites?
The point is that it's quite possible that both Vudu and Amazon just held out because they are villains wanting to stick it to Apple by NOT making all the money they could have made from Apple people via a presence onTV. Or one can recognize the illogic of that and then "think different" about why those players are basically about everywhere else but only just now making it to a very popular STB like
TV where a lot of added revenue can be realized? Sure, it could be that they are simply villains. Or it could be because they want a comparable deal they can live with. Which seems plausible? (rhetorical: they have to be villains, as Apple cannot possibly have any hand in the delay in pursuit of more money for Apple. It MUST be the other players.).
It may not be a choice they like, but it's still a choice nonetheless.