Peanuts Fans Unhappy With Specials Being Limited to Apple TV+, Petition Tops 100,000 Signatures

[kalafalas]

Ok but watch it for free on Apple TV instead of broadcast? There’s no paywall. I see no issue.

 

[doboy]

And which of those have been available on broadcast TV for 50 plus years?

Who cares about what was in the past? Now that it's not, people need to get over it and deal with it.

 

[Apleeseed84]

99% sure they don’t have Smart TVs

 

[IllIllIll]

Me too. It all started with me reading every single Peanuts book in the library

Hey I did that too...good times

 

[wevrem]

Everyone has access to CBS. Whether OTA or cable. Free if it's over OTA. My issue is that it's a tradition to have it on TV each particular holiday and not everyone has an Apple device to watch it, contrary to popular belief on here. Yes it's a terrible show, but it's something some families may watch with their kids or grandkids.

You don’t need any particular device, a regular old web browser will do.

 

[ApeBot]

Let’s not bash ‘peanuts’ fans (I happened to know a few), It misses the point. I also hate the fact that I need to subscribe to five different services to watch the handful of shows I like. Something should be done about this (e.g. a single service that uses micro transactions to charge you only for the content you watch) but demonising Apple and referring to Peanuts as some institutional national treasure doesn’t sound like it’s helping.

 

[AKcars]

I don't want to subscribe to their crappy TV service.

Then watch it for free like the post you quoted states? Why are you still complaining?

 

[Kastellen]

Who cares about what was in the past? Now that it's not, people need to get over it and deal with it.

Apparently over 100,000 people care. And what business is it of yours that they do?

 

[Rob_2811]

A disgrace. Cook should resign

 

[doboy]

Apparently over 100,000 people care. And what business is it of yours that they do?

Only 100k. What % of the population is that?
It's not my business, but I'm bored so I'm commenting on it.

 

[Syk]

Everyone has access to CBS. Whether OTA or cable. Free if it's over OTA. My issue is that it's a tradition to have it on TV each particular holiday and not everyone has an Apple device to watch it, contrary to popular belief on here. Yes it's a terrible show, but it's something some families may watch with their kids or grandkids.

boils down to traditions and memories of your childhood with family.
Yeah you could stream it or buy a dvd but for some it's not the same, even the Christmas commercials used to be good but now Christmas stuff starts so early

 

[castlema]

What the petitioners want, even if they do not articulate this, if for the copyright on these shows to be voided so that they may be broadcast by anyone at any time. I do not see a court completely tossing our copyright law for these two shows. A copyright holder can grant rights to whomever they please, regardless of "tradition".

 

[grayskyz]

Apple could pull a baller move by letting people mat least watch it for free via apple devices without subscription.

 

[midkay]

This is hilarious. We should also petition HBO to make Game of Thrones and Sopranos freely available everywhere. Paying for things is not fair!!!

 

[icanhazmac]

This seems to be a segment of fans that doesn't want to pay at all.

Or just a segment that relies on broadcast cable to view, which I assume they pay for so they aren't getting it for free.

 

[Solomani]

OK, so the petition should also enlist BIG GOVERNMENT and an army of lawyers.... to force Apple, Netflix, Disney, HBO and Amazon Prime to stop the practice of exclusive content to just one service. Let's have nanny-state Governmental intervention step in and ban these practices of exclusive content, including the European Union. Let's see how that ends....

 

[Nedstah]

Hm.. Do signatures speak louder than dollars?

How're you voting this year, with your wallet?

 

[Nedstah]

This seems to be a segment of fans that doesn't want to pay at all.

Pay by watching advertisements, that's how OTA TV works.

 

[Nedstah]

Apple TV+ can be used on these devices and browsers.
Samsung
LG
VIZIO
Sony
Roku
Amazon Fire TV
Apple TV
XBox
Sony Playstation
Browser
Chrome
Firefox
Edge
Safari

So everyone in the US has internet access? Relate it Ajit?

 

[Santiago]

Peanuts, the comic that answers the question, “What if kids were played by dysfunctional adults with severe untreated mental health issues?”

 

[hot-gril]

Just contemplating the type of person who would be a 'longtime Peanuts fan'

IDK if many are really focused on Peanuts in particular. Around Christmas time or other holidays, it's fun to leave local TV on because they play a lot of classics, Peanuts included. So it's sad that one is gone. I'll go sign it if it's quick.

 

[hot-gril]

OK, so the petition should also enlist BIG GOVERNMENT and an army of lawyers.... to force Apple, Netflix, Disney, HBO and Amazon Prime to stop the practice of exclusive content to just one service. Let's have nanny-state Governmental intervention step in and ban these practices of exclusive content, including the European Union. Let's see how that ends....

They're just asking for the content holder to change their decision.

 

[Nedstah]

Exactly! Had to get together at that exact time, and everyone could talk about shows at work the next day for the SAME EPISODE! Not people binging the whole show at minute one and spoiling it for people who have more to do than that

And can't get that challenge anymore of doing what you wanted in time during commercials. Couldn't pause and they were way shorter then.

The student union in college when people would gather for SNL or any holiday special - not everyone had a tv in college or a phone. Elementary school when they rolled out the tv and you watched the Gemini launch as a class.

 

[hot-gril]

Ok but watch it for free on Apple TV instead of broadcast? There’s no paywall. I see no issue.

Issue is Apple bought exclusive rights. We don't want to deal with that. Apple doesn't give out free things out of the goodness of their heart(s?). They want something out of it. They'll badger you to subscribe or whatever.

I can tune my TV to station 7 within a second and leave it going. Sure there are ads, but whatever. It's the one time of the year you're supposed to not give a crap about modern entertainment technology.

 

[hot-gril]

Let’s not bash ‘peanuts’ fans (I happened to know a few), It misses the point. I also hate the fact that I need to subscribe to five different services to watch the handful of shows I like. Something should be done about this (e.g. a single service that uses micro transactions to charge you only for the content you watch) but demonising Apple and referring to Peanuts as some institutional national treasure doesn’t sound like it’s helping.

Just has to be simple, like really stupidly simple. Like, I turn on my TV, and the shows are playing. Cause air TV is like that. I'm not spending Christmas telling my grandma how to operate the computer. Would love if internet TV became simple.