Charter bought Time Warner Cable. A completely different company.Didn't Charter just purchase Time Warner?
I guess Apple could buy Comcast... That might make some people happy.
Charter bought Time Warner Cable. A completely different company.Didn't Charter just purchase Time Warner?
I guess Apple could buy Comcast... That might make some people happy.
There were home computers before the Macintosh. There were phones before the iPhone. There were music players before the iPod. There were tablets before the iPad. There were watches before the Watch. I could go on and on similarly about companies other than Apple.
With your thinking, Chevrolet, BMW, and Toyota should not have entered the car market many decades ago.
Once again, Time Warner and Time Warner Cable are two different, independent companies.I wish they had bought Time Warner, simply because I am being ripped off by them for my Internet connection ($120 a month - for *just* that, no TV) and have NO other option in our Manhattan apartment building: Verizon FIOS is coming just about never. Verizon totally lied to NYC that they would wire the entire city within 5 years -- they've not done it, and seem to have basically stopped working at it: for those in newly built buildings that have it, great, but the rest of us are screwed.
Anyway, if I was dealing with Apple instead TWC every time something goes wrong and being charged a reasonable high speed Internet fee (not cheap by any means, but not an utter monopoly based gouge), I'd be so much happier. Real TV through Apple TV would just be a bonus.
Um, BvS was made by Warner Brothers not Sony. So, yes, I'm looking at you "BeefCake 15"![]()
Um, you're talking apples and oranges here.
Those companies actually make car parts. They aren't existing companies that have to rely on other companies for parts and information.
Apple isn't taking a risk if another company (Google) has already laid out the instructions on how to make a self-driving car. When the iPad, iPhone, and iPod were released, they were great advancements of existing technology nobody has seen before... The self-driving car already exists, and Apple probably won't go above and beyond what Google has already made.
Once again, Time Warner and Time Warner Cable are two different, independent companies.![]()
By your logic google should not make a car because they have to rely on other companies for parts and information. Electric cars have existed for a long time.
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My whole point was about the risk factor and idea.
Google took a risk with the self-driving car and came up with the idea. Apple is just a follower like usual these days.
Look at the difference. When Steve Jobs wanted to get into the media industry he purchased Pixar and turned it into the most innovative and profitable film company in the world with a string of hits. By contrast Eddy Cue's answer is to purchase an antiquated media conglomerate that has lost millions of dollars of share holders money in failed mergers over the years. The guy is ****ing moron. He can't even get the iTunes Store to work properly after 10 years.
With my top tier bandwidth internet and 6 subscription services I’m paying $7 less a month for 1/20th the available content than I would have with a full cable package. Take that Big Cable!
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However, you do have to agree that it's extremely annoying when two companies who provide nearly identical services have almost the same name, or are separate entities but have the same name (Verizon).
Verizon FIOS and Wireless should merge... There's no reason to have separate companies. It's dumb that there's "Time Warner" and then there's "Time Warner Cable."
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My whole point was about the risk factor and idea.
Google took a risk with the self-driving car and came up with the idea. Apple is just a follower like usual these days.
Why do you care so much about what Apple does or does not do?
With my top tier bandwidth internet and 6 subscription services I’m paying $7 less a month for 1/20th the available content than I would have with a full cable package. Take that Big Cable!
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You know what's great about the Apple Watch? Since I don't like it, I don't have to buy it. Just like whenever Apple introduces their TV service, you don't have to subscribe to it. And others still have their own personal choice, depending on their needs!I'm glad Apple didn't introduce the TV service. There's no way I'm paying $30-40/month for media content. Max I'll pay is $10/mo, or just go to the public library and check out DVDs.
Batman Vs Superman is DC and Warner Brothers. Sony owns Spiderman IP and have agreed to work with Marvel on the next iteration.Apple,
Please buy Sony Entertainment and fix their abhorrent Super Hero movies they've been coming out lately. Yes, I'm looking at you Superman v. Batman!
Time Warner Inc is a completely different company than Time Warner Cable. That being said, Google has zero plans to bring fiber to my neighborhood. And TWC upped their speeds last year and are planning for gigabit internet in the next 5 years.Lol, sorry but no, Time Warner is a huge, entrenched behemoth that can barely move. Nothing innovative will come from them, even if they were put under an Apple umbrella. The only thing they have changed in the last ten years is offering faster internet speeds, but only in locations where Google is mopping the floor with them.
Well, from a stakeholder point of view, there is always a concern about what companies do - there are a significant number of corporate tombstones scattered around the country that pay homage to companies that forgot what brought them to the dance and subsequently went under.
And if you're one of those current stakeholders, you best be paying attention to Apple's corporate situation over the next year or so.
Charter just purchased Time Warner Cable, not Time Warner. Two completely different companies.Didn't Charter just purchase Time Warner?
I guess Apple could buy Comcast... That might make some people happy.
Of course. And if Apple's direction bothers you, simply sell your shares. Easy.
No way this can be done at 10 bucks/month. If you don't mind going back and forth to the library this will be your only option based on your price range. Please not that I don't have any issue with that. Many colleagues do that and it works well for them.I'm glad Apple didn't introduce the TV service. There's no way I'm paying $30-40/month for media content. Max I'll pay is $10/mo, or just go to the public library and check out DVDs.
I think you may have mistyped. Steve did not purchase Pixar to get into film industry. Read Steve's official biography by Isaacson. The book has a wonderful history of pixar and how it basically morphed into being a film company from being a technology company. And pixar's hits were not a result of Steve, it was Catmull et al. who moved the company to making films (sneaking it in basically at the beginning).
And what about those who have thousands of dollars invested in the Apple eco-system - what should they do?
Oh yey, I can't wait till the walled garden with no sex drugs or offensive content comes to tv!! Are you kidding me, am I the only one thinking this is horrible? You think Apple would make a breaking bad or something?! I don't think so.... Apple stick to tech, even that's not going great recently.
I still don't get why Apple thinks it needs to spend $60B on an old media company. If they think they have to buy their way into streaming then make an offer for Netflix.