Let me introduce myself -- now you know someone who prefers Google Maps to Apple Maps.
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No Ad Tier for Apple TV 'At This Time,' According to Eddy Cue
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Most I know here in the office use Waze for driving, as do I; iPhone and Android users alike. Google Maps is still #1 for finding businesses and reviews. Half the locations in my area have no presence on Yelp.
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maps is way behind google. street view is basically available all over the world. maps look around only a few cities in rich countries.
Tim "I like to just work with what we have" Cook will likely have an ad plan...but he'll make it so convoluted like you must be wearing a Vision Pro and the ads float above the screen. You must blink 67 times to dismiss it.
Another misstep from Eddy. Everyone has an ad supported tier and premium tier. Your service looks obscenely overpriced without an entry level tier.
It’s 60% increase. You’ve got to minus the 1 off the result (eg 100 -> 110 is clearly a 10% increase, and 110/100 =1.1)
EDIT: no you are right! Didn’t see the minus in the numerator
This is absolutely true and one reason I can't stand watching any Apple shows set in the modern day. The product placement is absolutely egregious.
After getting a new iPhone I started my 3-month ATV trial, just to see what the whole hoopla about Severance was about - so I kinda enjoyed the first season and fell asleep in the second (not to mention Hollywood’s mandatory “diversity” content in it, of course) - just in time to cancel the trial, then, after trying also a bit of that Ted Lasso thing.
Boy, no kidding.
Every time I get together with family, they rattle off 3-4 shows "have you seen XYZ!??" and I've literally never even heard of them. Often times I've never even heard of a single person in the cast.
I don't think that an AD supported tier aligns with Apples values. Apple is a premium brand, AD supporting to have a lower price seems a little beneath them if I am being honest. I am guessing that is why they don't have an AD supported Apple Music tier.
What else are people using? It is the only one I have ever used...
Might not be second tier to you but to the average person it is second tier and probably lower for some, so "by any definition" that's very much the case...
I think many here do use Apple Maps.
I could get by with it if I had to, but I continue to prefer tons of small things about Gmaps.
That was never the point.
It was a nice benefit, especially in the early days when Netflix pretty much was the only streamer in town, but it was never the point.
The point was to make money, of course, but also to have a proper Internet based replacement for cable TV that did away with that format‘s biggest annoyances, scheduled TV watching, more on demand content, and availability from devices that weren’t your television like your computer, and later your phone and tablet.
These days the market is completely different.
I don't know .. that feels like putting Sammy Hagar in charge of a streaming company.
Netflix (streaming) had a substantial catalog of big-name 3rd-party content from the get-go and by 2019 had also had a number of own-brand hits & a couple of blockbusters like Stranger Things.
Apple TV started out from zip, with a handful of original shows and no back catalog. No way could they have got away with asking $10+ in 2019. Now - well, your mileage may vary, but they've had several big hits, a lot of critical success, have built up a bit of a catalog and can argue a case for 'quality over quantity'.
OK, I don't know what they were thinking when they green-lighted "Time Bandits"
How the heck do they work out who the villains are in things like Slow Horses or Bad Sisters?
I guess that explains why one of the first things that happens in Pluribus is that
the mobile network gets knocked out...
It wouldn't matter. There's nothing on there I'd want to see. This isn't just Apple. It's been a while since I watched any new tv show or series. It's all garbage or waiting for anything that was once good to conclude like Stranger Things. You have to watch or rewatch old shows to find anything good.
Not to mention how cheap TVs are because the manufacturers have learned that they can earn more from continuously selling your data than from your one-off purchase.