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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

They do have brand loyalty. You can find market research affirming it. The most common traits associated with that loyalty is that Apple offers an all-in-one solution for repairs, easy repairs with AppleCare, easy to use devices (generally), good to great performance depending on item, and the average customer with more than an iPhone tends to have a lot of disposable income and hold what is considered a "professional" career. Or be rich. People also like that their devices hold their value much, much longer than any competitor--and it isn't even close.

I use a mixed ecosystem just fine. Sure, there isn't tight integration with my Apple stuff and my Galaxy Tab Ultra or Windows PCs. But there is basically no integration between Windows + Galaxy Tab to begin with. And what little is there either requires third party solutions or is extremely lacking.

People wrongly think Apple is selling devices and accessories primarily. They aren't. They are selling a platform. I know I can buy something they make and it will integrate nicely with everything else and maybe have a few tricks up its sleeve (take how using iPhone with an Apple TV to calibrate settings is easy and semi-unique). Windows? Not so much. Android? Maybe a little. Because Microsoft's ambitions are on the cloud side at the moment, and Google absolutely will not commit to building a real ecosystem that persists. They try and fail every few years. They could arguably beat Apple at their own game if they could just focus and change their toxic corporate dynamic.