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Apple's 'Carpool Karaoke' TV Series to Debut on August 8
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It's quite obvious from the sales figures surrounding certain hated aspects of Apple on MR that they are actually quite enjoyed and bought by Apple users as a whole.
No one really cares about the camera bump.
People like and use emoji.
Apple Music is a success.
Apple Watch is a success.
People aren't too bothered about the headphone jack.
People like Tim Cook.
People like thin phones, tablets and computers.
People like the Touchbar.
People who own the battery case actually like it.
Macrumors is an echo chamber, bouncing around mostly irrelevant thoughts on Apple. /r/Apple is a lot closer to what the majority think.
About one billion people use Mobile Me, or iCloud as it is now known.
hate to tell you, MR is apple fans, and thier thoughts echo around the long established Apple fan base.
The vast majority of population could care less about any of those points above as they don't care and view apple products as expensive products for middle class and up... the average user sees Apple as pretentious and too expansive ....they laugh as the lines outside Apple stores when an iPhone launches.....yeah, the average user has a very different view of apple and thier fans.....
While many knew about Steve jobs, I doubt many know who is running apple these days....just as they don't know or care who runs Microsoft...
Don't worry bud, we geeks are delusional about how much the average user cares about what we like.....
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Lol.... mobile me was never iCloud ....... nice try.
One Billion people using mobile me..... lol...it was a failure , that eventually became a useful offering in iCloud .
I get that companies need to diversify, but Car Pool Karaoke? It just reeks of desperation and distracts from fixing issues with products. If it were something new and fresh, and Apple hardware was cutting edge then cool I could appreciate that, but it's not. The hardware is becoming laughable and the moment for Car Pool karaoke being cool has been and gone. The whole thing seems very badly conceived yet it get's so much attention from Apple execs. I simply don't get it.
And the award for the cringiest post of the day goes to..
This is all very Microsoft, acquiring something that endured 5 mins of fame before people realised as above, it's a cringefest. Some bad decisions last few years from Apple. At least the Iphones are still excellent.
hate to tell you, MR is apple fans, and thier thoughts echo around the long established Apple fan base.
The vast majority of population could care less about any of those points above as they don't care and view apple products as expensive products for middle class and up... the average user sees Apple as pretentious and too expansive ....they laugh as the lines outside Apple stores when an iPhone launches.....yeah, the average user has a very different view of apple and thier fans.....
While many knew about Steve jobs, I doubt many know who is running apple these days....just as they don't know or care who runs Microsoft...
Don't worry bud, we geeks are delusional about how much the average user cares about what we like.....
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Lol.... mobile me was never iCloud ....... nice try.
One Billion people using mobile me..... lol...it was a failure , that eventually became a useful offering in iCloud .
"MR is apple fans, and thier thoughts echo around the long established Apple fan base."
Exactly my point. The majority of Apple users these days are not the long established fan base. Like it or not, were the minority.
You are spot on . What you say is exactly what is happening . Though the majority are easily swayed, if apple fails with its one product that is delivering all the profits, the iPhone, what's the fallback?
I'd say it's loyal fan base, which is eroding and getting replaced with many more users who could care about mac ecosystem and just want the latest gimmick or bling.
In no way am I saying apple is doomed, not at all, they will prosper actually, they are just doomed with their loyal long established fan base , and that is the mac user.
I went through this with Sony, from an innovative company to pleasing the masses and producing expansive crap. They also expanded into too much and abandoned the products that made them great.
Distraction and guff
Is not good enough
To cover the bluff
That there's no new stuff
Q. How long can these diversion tactics last until Joe Public realise that things at Apple R&D may not be as rosy as once thought?
A. As long as it works of course! Get in!
Is not good enough
To cover the bluff
That there's no new stuff
Q. How long can these diversion tactics last until Joe Public realise that things at Apple R&D may not be as rosy as once thought?
A. As long as it works of course! Get in!
The right motto for "Tim and the 7 Gnomes"
Diversity in a former Tech company, 448 editions, 8 seasons.
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You made me so crazy laughing that I accidentally stuck my pencil into the downside of my iPad.
But eating a pair of dongles has calmed me down now.
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Wow, where do you get your numbers from?? MobileMe =! iCloud, as MobileMe was shut down back in 2012
Here's an idea guys - don't watch it if you don't like it.
Apple directing some of the budget set aside for Apple Music towards paying some TV producers to make this show will take resources away from your new Mac.
Apple directing some of the budget set aside for Apple Music towards paying some TV producers to make this show will take resources away from your new Mac.
I don't get the premise of this. Why would celebs and wealthy people be "car pooling". This isn't even in the realm of a worked angle where it could be believable. So it's basically people lip-syncing in a car instead of onstage...and you're telling me people watch this?
I'm fairly certain the original version of this was meant to look like it was plausible and these people actually ended up in a vehicle together.
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These are already filthy rich individuals being paid to goof off and lip synch songs while people watch them do so. I bet you'd be a riot if you were thrown $200k an episode to bounce around in a staged vehicle that probably isn't even moving pretending you're singing in the shower. Apple is a tech company who literally needs to update everything it offers for the individuals that put them in this position to spend money like this on things no one demanded. This car pool gimmick was a one-off fad that ended over a year and a half ago.
I'm fairly certain the original version of this was meant to look like it was plausible and these people actually ended up in a vehicle together.
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These are already filthy rich individuals being paid to goof off and lip synch songs while people watch them do so. I bet you'd be a riot if you were thrown $200k an episode to bounce around in a staged vehicle that probably isn't even moving pretending you're singing in the shower. Apple is a tech company who literally needs to update everything it offers for the individuals that put them in this position to spend money like this on things no one demanded. This car pool gimmick was a one-off fad that ended over a year and a half ago.
Speaking for some Apple Board members, it might become rather frustrating to instruct your drivers' driver every week to have your second Bentley cleaned up for the third time finding out that your suitcase with papers is in your first Bentley that resides in your Golf Resort to pick up your celeb friends' friends for their pre-flight cocktail in...[some variations may apply]
In contrast to that world, some seem to get that 8-year-old feeling in a taxi (Tim Cook, last year)
Which can be so compelling that it leads to a billion investment in a Chinese Uber (Didi Chuxching)
Clear ?
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Comments like this totally fly in the face of the "Tim Cook is ruining Apple" narrative that others here are trying to spin.
So some of what Apple is doing now is bad because it always has been? In other words: Apple isn't perfect and never has been?
Shocker!
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No, they're not. They're trying new things. They're taking risks, even if they get a lot of stick for them.
If they played it safe - just kept updating the Macs and iPhones... If they never made a smartwatch, tried to build a car, or looked into original programming... that would be a problem. That would lead to irrelevance.
I'm still not subscribing. Actually, now I'm definitely not subscribing.
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I agree with you and don't see the draw here. But to be fair, The Simpsons started as a little 2 minute segment in the middle of the Tracy Ullman show.
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I agree with you and don't see the draw here. But to be fair, The Simpsons started as a little 2 minute segment in the middle of the Tracy Ullman show.
