I absolutely HATE my Apple TV now! Thanks Apple!

I honestly haven’t been thrilled with Apple TV+. The content is sometimes interesting. Navigating Apple TV+ has always been, uhhh annoying. The most recent updates have made it so annoying that I’m tempted to not even bother trying to use it.

The most egregious example is the dross they’ve pushed upon those of us with actual Apple TVs.

The Apple TV app on apple devices sucks too, but not quite enough to make me super pissed off. For at least the last year the Apple TV app randomly pulled up the spanish titles and covers of movies that I’d purchased.

Before you ask, yes my system settings are all ENGLISH… Oh and the movies in question were produced in America. I could see it if the movie was a foreign film and the title and cover art were indicative of the country of origin.

The AppleTV+ app on the Apple TV is beyond frustrating. I’m finding that just trying to navigate the app to MY Library, I’m inadvertently starting some movie that Apple’s produced in which I have ZERO interest. This perhaps is attributable to my not having the latest and greatest Apple TV. They’ve changed the remote control since I purchased my model.

All I know is that I had no trouble using the previous iteration of the User Interface and since the change. Not only am I unable to easily navigate, I’m frustrated by trying, to the point that I’m yelling at the fucking device. Shortly after that I’ll power it down via the menu if I can get there OR by pulling the power which ever is easier.

Major FAIL APPLE! If I could roll the software back to something that worked on my Apple TV, I would!

It’s frustrated me enough that I wonder about cancelling Apple TV+ and Dumping the Apple TV devices entirely. My PlayStation can access my movies and shows and play them in surround sound just as easily as the Apple TV.

Don’t get me wrong. I’ve been trying to adapt to the POS software Apple shoved out. It’s not getting better, and I’m not figuring out the U.I. So I’m not turning on my Apple TV as frequently. Situations like these always lead me to wonder if I actually need a device that I’m not using or that is not a pleasure to use. I mean why keep something that pisses me of in trying to use it?

The PlayStation 5 works WAYYYY better anyway. Since I’m not now and never have been interested in Apple Arcade losing the Apple TV device wouldn’t cause a hiccup.

I know it sounds like I’m over reacting. I’m pretty patient with software but in this particular instance it really seems as if the Apple Software folks are trying to over complicate what should be a simple thing.

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