Bit of a tangent here, but 20-odd years ago I was speaking to a senior newspaper exec about “convergence” of internet services & devices. eg. no need for separate computer, TV etc. He thought it might be 10 years tops.
I know tablets have kind-of done that, but I’m amazed there’s still no common vehicle for all these competing services.
What we really need is a common, really well-excecuted, interface that Netflix, Prime, etc. could feed in to – making it as simple as switching channels on the TV.
Yes Netflix is way ahead of Prime, but it still grates that I can’t just scroll through a text list of movies.
Sky TV UI was much more user-friendly TBH.