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Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#31

Post by makeitdouble »

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps:

- the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp

- the "Apple fix this" camp

At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses.

That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically a fact of life I guess.

Will that change when Apple's forced to open its ecosystem and bring more complaints that were kept silent, or will they be booing as their champion is getting "bullied" into compliance ?

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#33

Post by galoisscobi »

makeitdouble wrote: post #31

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…

I’m fully in the apple ecosystem but agree that a person shouldn’t be forced to buy another device to use the device at hand. The ecosystem should be a nice to have and not a necessity (although Apple Watch might be an exception, given how much it relies on the iPhone for its functionality).

The fact that they were able to use their Apple TV before this TOS prompt seems like this blocking TOS prompt was a miss on Apple’s part and they should fix it.

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#35

Post by mklepaczewski »

Last time I checked a parent needed their own Apple device to set up app limits, downtime, accept/reject app installation requests on child's device. Thanks Apple. Now I have an option to give my kid unrestricted access to their device and to the whole Internet, or buy another IPhone just because my child uses Apple product.

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#36

Post by luckylion »

jdminhbg wrote: post #25
riffraff wrote: post #4

Apple won't let you use "find my device" on airpods unless you have an iPhone either, iirc. Its shitty behavior, but sadly unsurprising.

“Find My” depends on a custom chip iPhones have.

So you can only locate your airpods if they're with your iphone? Best make sure you lose them together then :)

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#37

Post by lotsofpulp »

galoisscobi wrote: post #33
makeitdouble wrote: post #31

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…

I’m fully in the apple ecosystem but agree that a person shouldn’t be forced to buy another device to use the device at hand. The ecosystem should be a nice to have and not a necessity (although Apple Watch might be an exception, given how much it relies on the iPhone for its functionality). The fact that they were able to use their Apple TV before this TOS prompt seems like this blocking TOS prompt was a miss on App…

Until 2 months ago, they forced you to have an Apple Watch to be able to watch Fitness+ videos, even if you were already paying for the Apple One bundle that includes Fitness+.

There was no technical reason for this requirement, as Fitness+ is just videos, and even if you had an Apple Watch, you did not need to be wearing it to watch the videos.

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#38

Post by alpaca128 »

makeitdouble wrote: post #31

It's interesting how the responses basically split into two camps: - the "just buy an iPhone" and "you've brought it on you, what did you expect" camp - the "Apple fix this" camp At the point I'm reading this, the first camp represents the vast majority of the responses. That's interesting regarding Apple's ongoing lawsuits and regulaory pressure. For most people Apple domination and dictating the rules is basically…

I liked the variant "buy an iPad, accept the terms with it and then return the iPad".

Re: Apple TV prompt requires another Apple device

#40

Post by ceejayoz »

luckylion wrote: post #36
jdminhbg wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Find My” depends on a custom chip iPhones have.

So you can only locate your airpods if they're with your iphone? Best make sure you lose them together then :)

No. You can locate your airpods if they're near any iPhone, iPad, or Mac. All you need is a web browser.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22711557/apple-lost-airpo...

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