We cancelled cable a month ago, and it’s mostly OK. A flaw in streaming is you can’t bookmark or save specific feeds or channels within or outside of apps. On cable you just go to the channel number or to your favorites.
For morning news. we need to go into an app, then either search for or scroll to the channel. To change to a different news network, its change app and repeat.
The AppleTV app tries to consolidate “Up Next” or “What to Watch”, but thats for Movies, TV and Sports. I hope they add “frequently watched” or “continue” Maybe it will in time. I guess it assumes TV is event based and not for casual watching. This would require cooperation by the individual apps who want to keep you inside the app.
I’m guessing over time, the apps will add features and muscle memory will kick in. After-all, most of the apps (Paramount & Peacock) have only been around a few months.
Side notes: - Fox Sports (owned by a cable company) and Disney owned ABC still requires cable account sign in. That will change, they’ll want to cash in. Would be nice to have ABC inside the Disney app. - The CNN app also requires a cable login to watch the live feed, though it’s available in the Pluto app. - The Pluto app is more like cable, tons of silly channels, set favorites and it’s free. - The Paramount app has the local CBS feed in their app, Peacock does not have the local NBC feed. - Hulu has FOX and ABC, but not live local feeds without Hulu+ ($72+/mo), but does have the shows.
Now, where was that movie I wanted to watch?