I just got an Apple TV and I’ve been struggling through the setup. Connecting all the accounts, logging into everything and updating everything. I would think by now there would be some way to link accounts and have things manage themselves better.
Every now and then I remember how simple things felt back then. The internet was new and exciting, we didn’t even have cell phones yet. Technology was built with innovation. In some ways we’ve fallen a long way from those days.
It depends on the apps. Stuff that takes a username and password isn’t really bad on the Apple TV if you have passwords saved.
The thing that gets me is fucking half assed QR codes. A QR code is a quick, easy solution when everyone has their phone. But there’s absolutely zero reason to use a QR code on the TV, then to still make me manually enter your pairing code. Just making the link complete is so much less than trivial that not including it is very obviously intentionally annoying.
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I just got an Apple TV and I’ve been struggling through the setup. Connecting all the accounts, logging into everything and updating everything. I would think by now there would be some way to link accounts and have things manage themselves better.
Every now and then I remember how simple things felt back then. The internet was new and exciting, we didn’t even have cell phones yet. Technology was built with innovation. In some ways we’ve fallen a long way from those days.
It depends on the apps. Stuff that takes a username and password isn’t really bad on the Apple TV if you have passwords saved.
The thing that gets me is fucking half assed QR codes. A QR code is a quick, easy solution when everyone has their phone. But there’s absolutely zero reason to use a QR code on the TV, then to still make me manually enter your pairing code. Just making the link complete is so much less than trivial that not including it is very obviously intentionally annoying.
“There’s no step 3.”
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