{"id":3076,"date":"2017-01-13T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipaucity.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2017-01-13T12:33:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T17:33:38","slug":"apple-tv-how-apple-can-beat-amazon-and-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=3076","title":{"rendered":"apple tv – how apple can beat amazon and google"},"content":{"rendered":"

In e99 of Exponent<\/a>, Ben Thompson makes a compelling case for his idea that {{Amazon Echo}} (Alexa) is an operating system<\/a> – and that Amazon has beaten Apple (with {{Siri}}) and {{Google Home}} (with Assistant) at the very game they both try to play.<\/p>\n

And I think he’s onto the start of something (he goes on to elaborate a bit in his note that Apple TV turned 10 this week<\/a> (along with the little thing most people have never heard of, {{iPhone}})).<\/p>\n

But he’s only on the *start* of something. See, Apple TV is cheaper than {{Amazon Echo}} – by $30 for the entry model (it’s $20 more for the model<\/a> with more storage). {{Echo Dot}} is cheaper, but also is less interesting (imo). And {{Alexa}} doesn’t have any local storage (that I know of).<\/p>\n

And neither of them will stream video.<\/p>\n

By Apple TV has something going for it – it *already* has Siri enabled. In other words, it has the home assistant features many people want, and does video and audio streaming to boot.<\/p>\n

It handles live TV via apps like DIRECTV or Sling. And Netflix and other options for streaming (including, of course, iTunes).<\/p>\n

Oh, and it handles AirPlay, so you can plop whatever’s on your iPhone, iMac, etc onto your TV (like a Chromecast).<\/p>\n

But Apple doesn’t seem to focus on any of that. They have a device which, by all rights, ought to be at least equal (and probably superior to) with its competition – but they seem to think their competition is {{Roku}} or the {{Fire Stick}}. From a pricing perspective, those are the wrong folks to be considering your competition.<\/p>\n

It’s Google and Amazon Apple should have in its sights – because Apple TV *ought* to beat the ever living pants of both Home and Echo.<\/p>\n

If {{HomeKit}} exists on Apple TV, and you have Siri on Apple TV, why is it not the center of home automation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In e99 of Exponent, Ben Thompson makes a compelling case for his idea that {{Amazon Echo}} (Alexa) is an operating system – and that Amazon has beaten Apple (with {{Siri}}) and {{Google Home}} (with Assistant) at the very game they both try to play. And I think he’s onto the start of something (he goes …
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