Apple have been getting worse at producing high quality software, in my opinion. Still Apple delivers higher quality stuff then anyone else, so you don't really have anywhere to go.
I recently got an AppleTV, allowing my to cancel my TV via fiber delivered by my ISP. While I have seen a little weirdness from the AppleTV, is not even close to leave of stupidity seen in the tv-box delivered by my ISP. Apple would pretty much have to send a guy to my house and jam a screwdriver into the AppleTV to hit the low level of quality found in other TV boxes.
From what I’ve heard of Apple TV, it does not compare favorably to a $35 Roku stick.
Point taken about cable tv boxes though. The cable company keeps offering to pay me to put one in my house. I fell for that once. Never again. (It is not worth the closet space or hassle of returning the equipment after a few years.)
Any specifics? I had an older Roku and it was incredibly underpowered, but it did work. Is an AppleTV 6x better? Probably not, but its worked out very well for my needs. With the Roku I wished for a single store to buy/rent tv film I wasn't streaming (I think I mostly used Amazon, but I never have been a fan of their app).
I recently got an AppleTV, allowing my to cancel my TV via fiber delivered by my ISP. While I have seen a little weirdness from the AppleTV, is not even close to leave of stupidity seen in the tv-box delivered by my ISP. Apple would pretty much have to send a guy to my house and jam a screwdriver into the AppleTV to hit the low level of quality found in other TV boxes.