Critically, Apple TV boxes are also an easy recommendation on the privacy front.
Apple is no more privacy-friendly than anyone else. And while you may not see all the ads you do on other platforms, try booting an Apple TV with no account on it - immediately goes to ads for Apple’s own streaming.
Apple TV boxes don’t have automatic content recognition (ACR).
They may not, but your smart TV still does, and still runs it against anything the AppleTV sends to it.
Bullshit article when they make claims like this:
Apple is no more privacy-friendly than anyone else. And while you may not see all the ads you do on other platforms, try booting an Apple TV with no account on it - immediately goes to ads for Apple’s own streaming.
They may not, but your smart TV still does, and still runs it against anything the AppleTV sends to it.