I’m tempted to buy an AppleTV to improve my set up. I currently have an LG C9 and the apps are fine but a bit laggy / janky. I’ve read a lot of good things about how smooth the AppleTV is, however I’ve also read many complaints (on reddit) about a lot of the apps (e.g. Netflix, YouTube, Spotify) are missing features. For example, the BBC iPlayer app on my TV supports 4k content but I’ve read that the Apple TV app does not support this (yet).

I get the sense that AppleTV is de-prioritised for development because either, Apple has competing apps (e.g. Apple Music / Spotify), or because Apple’s privacy controls are much stricter so they’d rather push the user to other platforms that allow more “spying”.

In summary I want to get an AppleTV because of the better UI in general (+ the “reduce loud sounds” feature), but I’m worried the apps are lacking? Does anyone have any insight?