OK, maybe Apple would have kept Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, on Apple’s board if Google’s tech-hegemony had stopped with Android. Maybe, maybe even the Chrome browser might have been acceptable.
But a streaming rental movie business?
AppleTV might only be a “hobby” Apple continues to invest in (as Tim Cook, Apple president/COO, said during a recent earnings call) but it’s a really important “hobby” with significant long-term potential.