What the falafel?
I guess The Rock will be confused and gonna get killed if Siri is his assistant. LOL>
I guess The Rock will be confused and gonna get killed if Siri is his assistant. LOL>
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Apple Teams Up With Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson for Siri Movie
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Did people not read the article? It's obviously not supposed to be a serious feature film. The video is being posted on YouTube; it's clearly intended to be a commercial that happens to star Dwayne Johnson.
Amazing that whooshes over so many heads here.
Can we finally admit that Apple is no longer a tech company and is now a marketing/media company?
People on this forum are so guilty of observation bias it's not true.
They will ignore/explain away the success & innovative nature of the A-series processors, AR kit, Apple Watch, iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, 5K and 4K iMacs, Apple's modern ability to "chew gum and walk at the same time", etc and instead focus on the weakest areas of the company.
"Their original content strategy is crap compared to Netflix". Well, ****, I should hope so, they're just experimenting at the moment, and it just so happens that this area of experimentation means showing the public some of the experimental content.
It's just some short promo, not that different to Taylor swift. Not worth freaking out over.
I'm starting to miss the days when Apple was just seen as cool by its own merits (i.e. cool products), instead of trying to look cool with these lame stunts and gimmicks.
Just focus on making good products!! Who came up with this idea should be fired.
Just focus on making good products!! Who came up with this idea should be fired.
Apple is like the dad that tells an awful joke and makes its cringe worthy and awkward afterDid people not read the article? It's obviously not supposed to be a serious feature film. The video is being posted on YouTube; it's clearly intended to be a commercial that happens to star Dwayne Johnson.
More than 1 billion additional potential viewers by going with YouTube rather than Apple Music. As it's obviously a promotional tool for them, not a revenue tool, why not reach a far far far larger audience with your advertising than a much more limited audience who is already using your product?
Also, this is a movie, not music. Why would you put a movie on Apple MUSIC?
Given that the company is made up of >60% iPhone sales, around 7% iPad sales, around 11% Mac sales and 13% services, I would argue "No, we can't say that".
Apple is relevant today because of it's hardware products, plus some key services like iTunes, iCloud and Apple Music.
I can't believe that needed to be put in writing, but maybe it shows how out of touch with reality people on this forum are.
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Apple Music seemed to be the destination so far for their original content.
Plus, iTunes managed to sell films, TV shows and apps so it's not without precedent.
Apart from the billions they make off tech? They can do whatever the hell they like and you can admit whatever you want.
Relevance. Apple wants to stay relevant and all these media shows so far have been to paint it and its products in a relevant and favourable light.
More marketing, essentially.
It's pretty safe to say that most everyone that commented here didn't read any of the article and complained just off of seeing the headline. This is no different than the short that was posted on YouTube last month.
awesome, apple doing thier own Battlefield Earth........ this is embarrassing.
I very much doubt Jobs saw this crap coming when he hands the reigns to Cook.
I very much doubt Jobs saw this crap coming when he hands the reigns to Cook.
Buying Netflix makes utterly no sense. To Apple or to anyone.
