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Apple to Offer Original TV Content Free to Apple Device Owners
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Well, MartianFromMars, it's reasonable for Apple to prioritize Earth-based customers first. I wouldn't expect support on Mars for quite some time.
Can I choose more free iCloud Storage instead for my $1500 iPhone?
Most content on TV these days is very poor quality because it is driven by ideology not storyline. I don't see Apple being any different, so I don't see Apple capable of producing outstanding content. It might be good enough for teenagers and recent college grads, Apple's target demographic, but anyone with any experience will not be fooled.
You can use Siri in all major languages though, you just have to change that in the settings, let it be Mandarin, Japanese, French, Spanish, etc. But most will just use the standard English Siri in their locale, let it be Canada or India. News app is only optimized for Western countries, if that’s your main environment, then just switch your locale to the US or whatever and get the News app, if you can’t get it, get a US Apple ID and download it then switch back. I’m in Canada and the News app works just fine. Some sources are not available in Canada, but who cares. Apple Pay is also supposed in all major countries. The US, obviously, Canada, the UK, Australia, China, Japan, France, etc. I don’t know where you reside but it is probably because you didn’t enable the function or live in a very undeveloped part of the world.
Seeing as the quality is just below a bum fight I can't imagine having to pay for anything they produce atm.
I might reconsider when they actually release one of those rumored shows with real actors and a plot.
I won't hold my breath though, since it's probably going to be so "family friendly" and morally upright, that the Teletubbies will seem like the apogee of raunch.
I might reconsider when they actually release one of those rumored shows with real actors and a plot.
I won't hold my breath though, since it's probably going to be so "family friendly" and morally upright, that the Teletubbies will seem like the apogee of raunch.
Keynote is very good. Pages is good too.
I hope this comes to fruition. I also like that Apple plans to keep the movies clean and free of nudity and language. I have to be honest I was excited to watch the new series that Amazon put out called Jack Ryan, but after watching the first 30 mins I turned it off. After hearing the F word 10+ times I knew the show wasn't for me. I also found that the writing was poor and they almost forced the bad language into parts where it didn't make much sense. My level of respect for Amazon was reduced as well. I found it disappointing that they would have such a show and advertise it like crazy on their website, where kids have easy access. If anyone can do it better it definitely is Apple.
No, I think this is a very bad monopolistic idea. Apple has a lot of money to produce content. Apple is not a media company and is using its strengths in hardware, to compete in other areas.
Sorry, I forgot to set my snark flag.
I used Pages for many writings when I recently went back to school. I found it worked great for what I needed and still use it today. Never had much experience in Numbers or Keynote so I can't weigh in on those.
I posted somewhere on this site months ago that I thought this might be Apple's move, at least initially, with original video: give it away for free inside the TV app on the Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. Free high-quality shows (which I'd bet will be in 4K Dolby Vision) will be a great way to generate buzz for the Apple brand while serving as a differentiator between Apple hardware and cheaper alternatives. $1 billion a year on content sounds like a lot but the last year that Apple reported their advertising budget (not the entire marketing budget, just ads), it was over $1 billion. This will serve as a form of advertising for Apple (especially if they get good critical reviews and some awards nominations) while also providing a reason for people to enter and stay inside the Apple ecosystem, rather like the free suite of iLife software did for the Mac last decade.
Generating a big enough catalog of content to launch a new standalone subscription service takes time, which is why I had trouble seeing Apple launching their own competitor to Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, etc. in 2019. But if this takes off, maybe in a couple years we'll see Apple roll it out as a standalone pay service available on non-Apple devices too (and possibly no longer free on Apple hardware, or only free for the first X months after you buy a new Apple device). Or perhaps, like Google's original video line-up which is now bundled into YouTube Premium, it eventually becomes available as an add-on upgrade to Apple Music.
At any rate, I foresaw that free Apple Originals might be a perk of getting the Apple TV 4K back at the start of this year when I bought one. Glad to be right and looking forward to it. Some of Apple's shows in the works sound really good, with serious talent involved.
Generating a big enough catalog of content to launch a new standalone subscription service takes time, which is why I had trouble seeing Apple launching their own competitor to Netflix, HBO Now, Hulu, etc. in 2019. But if this takes off, maybe in a couple years we'll see Apple roll it out as a standalone pay service available on non-Apple devices too (and possibly no longer free on Apple hardware, or only free for the first X months after you buy a new Apple device). Or perhaps, like Google's original video line-up which is now bundled into YouTube Premium, it eventually becomes available as an add-on upgrade to Apple Music.
At any rate, I foresaw that free Apple Originals might be a perk of getting the Apple TV 4K back at the start of this year when I bought one. Glad to be right and looking forward to it. Some of Apple's shows in the works sound really good, with serious talent involved.
Color me skeptical...it is completely anathema to 2018 Apple to provide anything for free.
I didn't know Car Pool Karoke was now free...and I didn't know that Beats1 isn't. Oh wait...I just checked and I still get it free?
My mistake - Beats1 is still free; but the other genre-based stations that used to be free and ad-supported haven't been free since January 2016. I'll edit my post accordingly.
You know how some people hate watch a TV show, I think I hate read this forum. A rumor that Apple is going to offer a free service, and somehow everyone spins that into a negative. You must all really hate your lives to find the negative in even positive news.
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Lots of Original Content plus complete movies on youtube and it is 100% FREE...no matter your device....
- The TV content mentioned in this article
- In-person support at the Genius Bar
- MacOS operating system
- iWork office suite
- iCloud Drive, Mail, Calendar, Photos, etc.
- GPS navigation
- U2 album Songs of Innocence
- Beats1
- Apple Camp (free 3-day "summer camp" including music making, coding, movie making, and robotics classes for kids)
- Apple Today (free classes for photography, music, coding, and also basic training for their products and applications)
- Ongoing free upgrades to new versions of their Pro software (for example Final Cut Pro X)
It would be cool if iTunes streamed everything like Netflix. Netflix's problem is they're 1 season behind with many third-party shows. Watch season 1 on Netflix, then buy season 2 on iTunes. WTF!
Apple shows free for device owners is good. That is one way to sell more Apple TVs.
Apple TV's current controller is lousy for playing games.
Apple shows free for device owners is good. That is one way to sell more Apple TVs.
Apple TV's current controller is lousy for playing games.
I'm sorry, but that sounds kind of arrogant. Apple Pay isn't available in a half of Europe, Korea, Latin America (except Brazil) and you can't say these countries are "very undeveloped parts of the world".