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You might need to upgrade your Apple TV box to keep watching Netflix

Folks who are holding onto a second- or third-gen Apple TV will soon need to upgrade their device if they want to keep streaming Netflix through their set-top box.

It didn't fully explain why it's ending support for the two boxes — each of which debuted over a decade ago — other than to say it’s doing so to "maintain the best possible Netflix experience." In a broad sense, it’s a pity to see major services abandoning older hardware, especially since that will increase the chances of those products becoming waste and ending up in landfill. That said, there often comes a point where maintaining support for a dwindling user base of aging devices no longer makes sense.

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