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Nobody should buy the $299 Apple TV 4K, but it could have been worse

My colleague Zac Hall described HomeView as one of the best ways to spend $299 on an Apple device and the Apple TV 4K as the worst. Almost nobody thinks anyone should buy the latter at that price, but things could have been even worse … more…

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Nobody should buy the $299 Apple TV 4K, but it could have been worse

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