By: David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com), November 21, 2020 9:47 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Jukka Larja (roskakori2006.delete@this.gmail.com) on November 21, 2020 8:16 pm wrote:
>
> I'd say most of the non-compelling bits of current Apple TV as a console have little to do
> with hardware and more to do with software, Apple's focus and attitude. They aren't making
> developing easy (requirement to use Apple APIs like Metal, and Apple tools like Xcode on Macs)
> nor are they offering money upfront to gain titles and relevance (without that, one can't
> expect to targeting Apple TV to be profitable at this point) or funding exclusives.
>
> There's nothing stopping Apple from fixing these things, so if they wish to start
> competing with MS and Sony they can do so at any time. Google decided to do that,
> though we'll have to wait some years to see how successful they are going to be.
I thought about saying that about everything Apple currently produces. I do not care if Apple's processing performance is greater if I have to put up with Apple's poor human factors engineering, and the same goes for selected x86 products.
>
> I'd say most of the non-compelling bits of current Apple TV as a console have little to do
> with hardware and more to do with software, Apple's focus and attitude. They aren't making
> developing easy (requirement to use Apple APIs like Metal, and Apple tools like Xcode on Macs)
> nor are they offering money upfront to gain titles and relevance (without that, one can't
> expect to targeting Apple TV to be profitable at this point) or funding exclusives.
>
> There's nothing stopping Apple from fixing these things, so if they wish to start
> competing with MS and Sony they can do so at any time. Google decided to do that,
> though we'll have to wait some years to see how successful they are going to be.
I thought about saying that about everything Apple currently produces. I do not care if Apple's processing performance is greater if I have to put up with Apple's poor human factors engineering, and the same goes for selected x86 products.
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