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Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China (www.theverge.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6745228

TLDR: Apple wants to keep china happy, Stewart was going after china in some way, Apple said don’t, Stewart walked, the show is dead.

Not surprising at all, but sad and shitty and definitely reduces my loyalty to the platform. Hosting Stewart seemed like a real power play from Apple, where conflict like this was inevitable, but they were basically saying, yes we know, but we believe in things and, as a big company with deep pockets that can therefore take risks, to prove it we’re hosting this show.

Changing their minds like this is worse than ever hosting the show in the first place as it shows they probably don’t know what they’re doing or believe in at all, like any big company, and just going for what seems cool, and undermining the very idea of a company like Apple running a streaming platform. I wonder if the Morning Show/Wars people are paying close attention.

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[–] glockenspiel 1 points 2 years ago

The people buying $700 wheels aren't normal Apple users. They are rich people looking to flex, and Apple is more than happy to oblige. See also the ridiculous brand partners for Apple Watch. I never understood the argument that Apple users are sheep that will buy anything Apple puts out there for any price. Just look at the Mac Pro: who would find that to be a worthy investment vs. building a custom PC for whatever task one is doing?

But then we need to remember that the typical Apple customer owns just an iPhone or an iPad. A small percentage of them own a Macbook of some kind. Even fewer own a Mac Pro. And certainly even fewer than that will own a Vision whenever that comes out.

Just because a company offers something doesn't mean their customers will buy it. Microsoft sells some extremely overpriced garbage, like the surface dial, that has a very clear target audience. It doesn't mean every surface user is clamoring to grab one.