Netflix and Disney are partners with Apple. Eddie didn't say their partners have no quality. He just said that Apple is only interested in quality. To me, that reads that Apple's initial original content will be sparse when compared to the hundreds of titles that Netflix seems to release every month and the dozens of superhero movies that seem to come out every year. If you ask me, both Disney and Netflix have a very mixed track record on quality but they both overdeliver on quantity to the point of saturating the market with forgettable IP.
I always forget about Apple news because I spend most of my news cycle time on an iMac. But every time I stumble upon Apple News, it does offer a solid experience. I just think Apple needs to find a way to seamlessly offer the service across all iOS devices and MacOS devices alike the same way that iMessage functions across platforms.
iTunes was bad long before Steve passed and Apple TV has only improved since Steve passed. I'm not an Eddie apologist but those are not good examples of Eddie's incompetence.
You're making big assumption there. You may be right but if Eddie's "all in" comments are true, I'd expect Apple's original content to be offered on non-Apple devices as well. The big names and producers involved with these original projects would not be working with Apple if their potential audience is capped at 5% (the percent of AppleTV devices) of U.S. audience.
I think you're 100% right on Eddie's meaning of "quality over quantity". However it's no less trite than any other bog standard marketing phrase. Quality content depends on quantity. Quality content doesn't just become quality content because that is your goal. You gotta kiss a lot of frogs to find that prince. You gotta squeeze a lot of stones to make a diamond. <insert more phrases here> If making quality content were as easy as "concentrating on making it"... well, everyone would do it. There's no guarantee what they perceive as quality will be perceived as that by the public. A mix of well thought out projects and lots of them is how success is gained in the entertainment industry.
You're right but it works both ways. Creating tons of content will only obfuscate your truly standout titles. I'm sure Apple is gunning for a balance of both quality and quantity but they always choose "quality" because it is at the center of their brand messaging and because terms like "quantity" conjure up things like spec wars and companies like Samsung throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks. I also believe that Apple is trying to prepare subscribers for an initial smaller offering of titles compared to all of the other streaming services out there because Apple has such a late start here.
Stop being a racist.
Stop being racist .
