| ▲ | TalkingCodeMonk 12 hours ago |
| They also inexplicably snuck in a 50% increase for the TV 4k, just to be extra greedy. Treat yoself Tim Apple! |
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| ▲ | fckgw 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The majority of the component cost in the AppleTV is likely the storage so that's a big hit. |
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| ▲ | Marsymars 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Having the ethernet port and Thread radio gated behind the 128gb model is obnoxious. I have three Apple TVs that are ethernet connected and form the backbone of my home's Thread network, but they have <5 apps installed and would do fine with 32gb rather than 128gb. (And in fact, they are all currently 32gb models from the previous generation where those did include ethernet.) | | |
| ▲ | thejazzman 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | at a (previously) $20 price difference, why would they add a 3rd model? | | |
| ▲ | Marsymars 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don't know what makes sense for Apple's supply chain and BoM, I'm just saying that the price for my home's worth of Apple TVs with the minimum functionality I use has gone up by over 50% since the previous-gen model and now sits at over $1,000 in local pricing. That's the kind of pricing that makes me start to consider the Google 4K Streamer even if it's a UX downgrade - for $300 I get ethernet and Thread on every TV. |
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| ▲ | 0cf8612b2e1e 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| That’s infuriating. I was hovering over the buy button last week, and now that’s a deal breaker. I was already going for the premium price point for hard-to-justify reasons. |
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| ▲ | 0cf8612b2e1e 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Update: while I am terribly unhappy to give them money, there are still retailers who are listing the previous price and I was able to scoop one up before the hike went into effect. |
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