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since moving to the newer Apple TV hardware and recent versions of Apple TV OS (or whatever they call it):

1. For any given subscription X, it rarely (if ever) works that I can select the newest episode from the main menu (eg, one of the first 2 items) in the TV group). Instead, you have to drill through either the store menu and attempt to "re-buy" the episode, before it can be watched. (thankfully I am never charged twice)
2. the Apple TV remote app (iphone, iPad) is effectively useless. it hasn't worked in perhaps a year or more.
3. Home sharing requires constant re-authorization. and without the remote, entering my 46-character iTunes password is tedious on the best of days.
4. netflix performance has steadily decreased over the past year or so (although that's partially Verzion's fault)
5. The Youtube app is a joke. (that may be Google's fault, though)
6. HBO Go and other things are now available on Amazon Fire
7. For that matter, evereything I'd pay for on Apple TV is now available on Amazon Instant Video. And I'm already a Prime subscriber anyway

All of these problems were non-existent or very rare in v1 hardware/initial software versions of v2.