New Forced Start-Up Ads A Deal Breaker
The ads Roku forces on users has gone from minor annoyances to waaaay over the line. It's gone from ads taking a third of the screen to forced video ads you have to endure before you even get to the...
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Apple Tv is reportedly losing money at over one billion annually. I would not count on them being ad-free long or not merging with some other streaming services at a later date. But regardless, enjoy watching and using whatever makes you happy.
That's Apple TV+ genius, has nothing to do with their hardware.
Sparky4 I am happy to know you know better than everyone else. They are owned by the same company and as one goes, so does the other. Apple TV+ was developed to support the hardware and vice versa. They will look to other sources of income to support the device, especially if part of the company is not being profitable. All I said is that I would not count on that staying the same way with ads. As one part of the industry with competitors, eventually so does the rest of the industry. Just ask Southwest.
By no means do I support ads everywhere, however, consumers push for lower priced streaming devices and TVs and demand more from the hardware, which has helped to create this monster.
AppleTV+ is the service that is losing money by the bucketfull. AppleTV is the device, and seems to be moderately profitable, and has been around a lot longer than the service. You can use them independent of each other. I don’t see Apple changing how they operate in this respect.
