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Barely know anything of Selena, and I'm happy for her for any accomplishments in her career (as I would for almost anyone)... but man... Apple constantly gloryfing celebrities and this weird celebrity worship is really tiring and ... cringe. (for me at least) Bizarre. And then the celebrities themselves resent it when the paparazzi and websites like TMZ don't leave them alone or treat them like humans... Snake eating it's tail.
She had a mental breakdown and kidney transplant within the span of a couple years. Not sure this is gonna be about any type of glorification. And judging by how many people here have never heard of this very famous person, she's clearly not in the paparazzi's eyes. Everyone here is free to not watch it.
 
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The US link worked me for me.

I’ve had so many AppleTV Plus free offers thrown my way for the past few years and honestly to this day don’t care for it…

Except for Ted Lasso.

It’s a nice show and saw it once in its entirety a year ago. So I just redeemed the code so I could enjoy it again.

Tim Cook makes it seems like it’s on the same level as Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul but Ted Lasso is indeed a nice show.

Point is, I don’t care about Selena Gomez documentaries or seeing a blind Aquaman. They really fumbled what AppleTV Plus could’ve been and I believe competed with Netflix and Disney Plus but nawwwwwwww.
Netflix has been around for two decades and Disney has a back catalog of (check's calendar) nearly 100 years. Apple TV+ was never going to be a juggernaut killer out of the gate.
 
No guess at all: because people as a group opt to just pay instead of refuse to pay… rewarding price hikes, leading to “another record quarter for revenue and profit.”

While people choose to keep rolling over and just pay more, prices will keep rising. Sellers happily take more and more money if people keep swapping it for their products or services. Griping & whining doesn't do a thing, the FED can only put some pinch on spending on credit, etc. People as a group have to tangibly illustrate they value their hard-earned cash and future cash (otherwise known as credit) MORE than what is being offered at inflated prices. Else, it’s only a win for sellers to charge more, more, more… because people will pay it.

Most simply: consumers seem to have forgotten about their great (collective) power to say “NO!” Until they re-learn it or have it forced upon them by prices rising so high they simply can't find any way to "just pay"... inflation roars on, hunting for that "maximize revenue & profit" target right at the edge of what people will/can pay.

In short: we're doing it to ourselves by clearly showing we don't value our own money enough to choose the other option: NOT buying.
Or we could all sit in dark rooms and not watch TV. :)

Whatever price I pay for Apple TV+ is worth it for Ted Lasso and Severence alone. I'm fine with paying what I consider a fair price for two of the best shows on TV.
 
Same. I love Snoopy and Fraggle and some other kids things, but is there any live action that isn't MA+++? Like the Murders one. Why does she have to swear every sentence or worse? At least when Steve and Martin swear, there's an appropriate reason
You must have accidentally watched the porn parody of Only Murders in the Building. Her character swears maybe 5 times throughout the entire two season run.
 
She had a mental breakdown and kidney transplant within the span of a couple years. Not sure this is gonna be about any type of glorification. And judging by how many people here have never heard of this very famous person, she's clearly not in the paparazzi's eyes. Everyone here is free to not watch it.
Well that actually got me kind of interested... having had kidney problems myself (kidney stones) which was a very difficult time in my life, had to feel some really ...horrifying pain for many hours on end. Anyway yeah I guess she's not too big a celebrity, which some would say is good in a way.. I heard Only Murders in the Building was great, I still have to check that out.. maybe I'll end up becoming a fan of hers.. 😳

I mean my comment was more about Apple and this weird celebrity worship thing that sometimes goes on. I wanted to clarify that. This news was just a starting point to set me off on that track I guess.. Yes maybe it really has nothing to do with what could be a good documentary on a person who has had to struggle. ... I don't have all the answers. Thanks for the (what I consider, at least) pertinent info. :)
 
Thank you unknown person, I won't be watching your documentary but I do appreciate this free 2 month deal so I can see the latest For All Mankind season.
 
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Thanks, another free Apple TV+ subscription.
I cancelled it 2 min after registering and I keep my 2 free months.
 
Severance is excellent and worth it on its own, for as long as it takes to watch it all anyway.

I really enjoyed season one of Ted Lasso but couldn't finish season two. The almost literally nonstop Apple product placement did kind of hurt suspension of disbelief, though.
Heh.. it's like they don't have Android, Microsoft, or Google on the other side of the pond :D

Redeem the Selena Gomez trial first then after that trial is up redeem the one included with your iPad. So long as the iPad one doesn’t expire. I believe you have like 30 days from the date the iPad is first activated.
Uhm, I've already redeemed the free trial on my iPad middle of this year (that's when it expired). I want to know if I can get in on this Selena Gomez trial after I've done that.
 
Barely know anything of Selena, and I'm happy for her for any accomplishments in her career (as I would for almost anyone)... but man... Apple constantly gloryfing celebrities and this weird celebrity worship is really tiring and ... cringe. (for me at least) Bizarre. And then the celebrities themselves resent it when the paparazzi and websites like TMZ don't leave them alone or treat them like humans... Snake eating it's tail.

It's icky as hell, but for it's a fantastic business strategy for Apple.
  1. Find larger than life celebrity who's looking to beef up the "human" side of their public image.
  2. Make a low-key (and cheap) artsy documentary that doesn't require expensive sets, actors, locations, major crews, equipment or pre-production to develop a story or narrative, since it's all either unnecessary or already there.
  3. Generate an insane amount of organic hype through their rabid, obsessed fanbase who religiously spread the word for free, cutting your marketing budget in half.
  4. Get a massive influx of subscribers in one single hit.
  5. Even if 10-15% of those people continue to stay on the platform, that's a big win
 
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