Christ Almighty. I was resisting the temptation to watch those...now I wished I hadn't. What a pile of utter garbage. Sadly, these days, under Gormless Tim, it's not surprising in the least.
Still don't get why they host this on Apple Music. This is such an obvious nonsense.
I don't use drugs and I don't watch tv. But if I do decide to watch this show, I think I might need the drugs.Well, at least you can tune in to a movie. But you can't watch music (unless you are on drugs).
So far there is no indication that Gwyneth Paltrow knows anything other than acting...and just barely at that. This is the woman who gave out such appalling dangerous advice (to hawk a product or start some weird trend or something) that a gynecologist felt compelled to speak out against it in the most harsh and uncompromising terms.I'm interested. Tired of consuming. Developing apps looks more rewarding, especially financially.
The judges that have been chosen though do not make sense though. Does Apple want people who don't know how to develop apps to give a customer's opinion? Or do these 4 people actually know what they are dealing with?
Apple Music isn't a product?
That is so spot-on about the motivations and curation of Apple's entertainment endeavors. Eddy Cue wants to feel "hip", but his conception of "hip-ness" is Metallica, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Shark Tank. It's transparent. It's dated.As for Music , I think its for the rich execs of Apl to get noticed by some celebrities. Think about it, this is not for you its for THEM and their entertainment and feeling like THEY are part of culture. In essence paying for "hip" friends. They know many will buy anything with their logo to keep this celebrity tour affair afloat.
Oh my God, that is horrific. I've got several relatives who died in WWII or who had served and since passed of old age who are probably pranking the spirit of Steve Jobs in the afterlife for that film.Ha! I'd agree, except for the fact that Jobs once cast himself as Roosevelt in this truly cringeworthy 1984 Mac promo film:
The Planet of the Apps trailer looks positively wonderful in comparison![]()
That is so spot-on about the motivations and curation of Apple's entertainment endeavors. Eddy Cue wants to feel "hip", but his conception of "hip-ness" is Metallica, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Shark Tank. It's transparent. It's dated.
I think this is going to end up having an alienating effect on young consumers, particularly the ones who are culturally relevant.
I think most of the Apple execs are like that and are out of touch. I think of them as " Try Hards ". They fear being irrelevant and believe staying on the fashion catwalk would make them 'hip'.
At least, Metallica is still relevant and cool. I grew up with their music and have nothing but respect for them. They rank up there with the greats.
I think they're trying too hard to be the next M-tv when that's not going to be possible. They will NEVER, EVER, EVER be able to touch what M-tv pulled off in the 80s. M-tv got it right back in the day as I remember it. Cue and the Beats 1 folks are total fools.
Putting that tv show in Apple Music is the most boneheaded thing I've ever seen and that should have been on Apple TV, not Music. Apple Music has nothing to do with that show.
Sounds spot on, you'd get my vote...I can think of so many things Eddie Cue's department should have done before entertaining Planet of the Apps.
- Feature parity in the storefronts on the various platforms. For example iBooks iOS lacks ability to add items to wish list while iBooks Mac has ability.
- Integration of Push Notification system into all store fronts. Is there a Beats 1 show you like? A push notification can let you know when there is a new episode available. Normally rent the iTunes Film Rental of the Week? A push notification can tell you when the latest one if available. How about an item on your wish list going on sale? A push notification advising you might lead to you buying it.
- More contextually aware storefronts. I'm an American living abroad. In my podcast app I have some 30 odd subscriptions and all of them are in English and nearly all of them American shows. Yet the directory is always showing the local stuff which I have no interest in. Same with iBooks, every book I purchased has been in English, perhaps show me those over books in another language.
- Expand Siri-Remote availability in more countries. Seriously typing on the Apple TV keyboard sucks. I want to talk to Siri like the device was marketed. Also infuriating I can't even use it in English because of my region.
- Make an official game controller for the Apple TV and snatch the casual gaming market which is there for the taking.
- Break up iTunes!!! A podcast app, a music app, a film & tv app. Are you getting it?
And if we have to do TV content inside of a music app why not shows about music instead of apps?
- Buy the rights to the Unplugged named and resurrect the series.
- Do a series of documentaries on artists or genres.
- Show live concerts and festivals (and yes I know they show the Apple Music festival)
I had YouTube opened to view the movie KDarling had posted and I saw one in which Steve Jobs was talking to Ted Koppel in 1981 about computers and how his vision of them was as tools to amplify man's inherent abilities to make us the most efficient at what we can do. That was his vision for computing into the 21st century.What happened to this company?
That has got to be an inhouse joke.
Most people I know don't care about music and the artists behind it. They just want to download the music and listen to it.I suspect that this show is going to be a tremendous failure. Most people I know couldn't care less about the app development process nor the developers behind the apps. They just want to go to a store and download apps that interest them or help them.
I think the show could resonate with a lot of folks on MR and similar forums. I'm just not sure that will be enough for Apple to keep it alive.
How can it be copying Shark Tank when it's clearly copying The Voice?IT's BLOODY Shark Tank. Even the same looking set. The same concept. When are more people going to call BS on this stuff. I'd applaud something news but it's a copy of Shark Tank.
The difference is Shark Tank has a smart, reality show experienced, producer AND an interesting cast. Also Shark Tank doesn't focus on one kind of product. Planet of the Apps is too niche, its production, based on the trailer, feels of a 2nd year broadcast school project level, and the cast ranges from boring to nauseating and also not believable as tech or business moguls.