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AppleTV complete replacement opinions (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi and hope all are well today. First, thanks in advance for any / all responses. Second, apologies if this isn’t the best place to ask this question.

I’m curious if anyone, has moved completely from using an AppleTV to something else. Current use case for the ATV is a few streaming apps (Crunchyroll / HiDive, Tubi, etc.) and Apple Arcade (a few casual games).

If you did completely switch, what did you decide on using? Did you go back to buying movies / using a DVD/Blu-Ray player, setup a mini PC and stream from websites / rip music and movies, use a gaming console instead, etc.?

Exploring options and entertaining thoughts for right now. Again, thanks and have a good day / evening.

Edit - 2024/01/01 - Just wanted to thank everyone for the lively discussion and resources (links, recommendations, etc.) related to my question.

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[–] Bransonb3@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have tried Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast (not the new models with an interface), and AppleTV. So far Apple TV is the cleanest without ads or sponsored content on the home screen.

If you find something better please let me know.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I like my Roku, but it would be much more annoying without a pihole to block the ads.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

And telemetry.

[–] randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

Understood about the ads / sponsored content. I've not used anything but an ATV, but I've heard similar (ads, interface, etc.). If I come up with a different solution, I will revive the post and let folks know. Thanks.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When I switched my family from predatory directv, this was obviously a question I had, and I ended up going with chromecasts (gen 2 and 3/ultra). Once I showed them how to use their phone as the controller, it immediately clicked, which was fantastic. I thought about an atv or an android box, but that would involve multiple profiles and remembering to switch when someone else wanted to use it (android TV boxes have this buried in the system settings; and I'm the only one with an apple account). Ads were a showstopper for me too, so the pictures/art on the cc when idle was great.

Curious why you went the other way :o

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because Google is collecting data on EVERYTHING you do.

https://lemmy.world/comment/6326127

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But as a person who doesn't use G services (well, Grayjay)... the question still stands