Samsung also add advertising to their Smart TV UI. I'd recommend avoiding at all costs. I wrote a guide on blocking them via DNS here, these days it's probably easier just to get a Pi-Hole.<p><a href="https://gist.github.com/peteryates/b44b70d19ccd52f62d66cdd4bcef1e52" rel="nofollow">https://gist.github.com/peteryates/b44b70d19ccd52f62d66cdd4b...</a>
Samsung software is really bad. Their screens are really good. This move will deplete Apple's cachet further. We've seen this Apple before, in the 90s.<p>The problem with Apple isn't the removal of the 50 year old 1/8 inch headphone jack, of which the cords have ripped the buds off my ears more than 100 times. The future is cordless and there are cordless headphones that work great for 20 or more hours per charge. Removing the headphone jack was a strong product decision, likely made by some of the leaders in product design and technology, the world around.<p>The problem lies in a company that can't make a strong big corporate direction decision.<p>Apple clearly attempting to shift to services because they can't come up with a new killer device. Services are safe, and safety kills good hardware companies. Their most important software, iTunes and iPhone iPod app has become nearly unusable due to the strong sales funnel aimed at Apple Music. Which I don't use but is trogan-horse-adware that causes popups everyday on my iPhone.<p>Apple Presents confusing product lines highlighting numerous similar items weakens the entire line. Selling high-quality products and at the same time filling those devices with popup sales for services is indicative of a company that can't commit.<p>These are clear signs of an Apple devolving to a state similar to where Steve Jobs found Apple Inc in 1997, which is scary.
Funny, the headline I read earlier said "Samsung Smart TVs will add iTunes...."<p>Simply switching the subject of the sentence makes a huge difference in how the story is interpreted.
This is very much related to Netflix pulling out of the iTunes store pay option. Looks like there is a war brewing between Netflix, Apple, YouTube, Amazon to become King of media. I predict when Netflix announces syndication of their content, they are admitting to have lost to the giants.
I hope they allow playback of 4K content... right now they only do that for Apple TV.<p>I purchased a bunch of movies from iTunes and was excited when they announced they’d upgrade it all to 4K for free (until they said it could only be played on Apple TV)
So, then I would have to enter my Apple ID into an app on a platform Apple does not control? While Smart TV's are far from hardened devices? While that Apple ID is central and crucial to the security of my Apple devices and services? I think not.