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AppleTV: One of the company's non-best sellers

Although Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to be the hottest consumer tech company in the world on many fronts, it doesn't always serve up a home run with each and every product it makes, markets and sells. Case in point: the AppleTV product.

I love Apple products and always have. The ease of simplicity and excellent design are marvels of modern electronics. But what's always stuck in my side like a thorn is the inflexibility of the company's non-computer products. It's a reason I don't own a single Apple product.

But, the impending flop of the AppleTV product has just a little to do with inflexibility. Yes, there is a world outside Apple's iTunes, but if you own an AppleTV product, that's the environment you're locked into (with YouTube thrown in for good measure) without hacking your unit. Same goes for the iPod, as we all know.

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