Probably quite a lot. I cancelled mine because I just found it confusing to use. Amazon are giving away their music streaming service for free with Prime membership so I might as well use that and save a few quid until Apple comes up with a better UI for Apple Music.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Tim Cook Talks Apple Watch, iPhone 6s, Apple TV, Cars, Privacy, and More at WSJDLive
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Probably quite a lot. I cancelled mine because I just found it confusing to use. Amazon are giving away their music streaming service for free with Prime membership so I might as well use that and save a few quid until Apple comes up with a better UI for Apple Music.
Because they rely on repeat sales to existing customers to keep their profits rolling in. They don't want you to upgrade, they want you to buy a new Mac instead.
Tim Cook is a self publicist who is using his high profile to promote the personal causes he supports. Steve never did that because he was 100% focussed on running Apple. Just another reason why Tim Cook is the wrong man for the job.
Yes this. It's not exactly like Apple is advertising the fact that the auto-renew was on and you had to turn it off. Sleazy if you ask me.
Jobs gave several interviews each year, and also was a regular at D- All Things Digital, the predecessor to WSJDLive. IOW: AFAYCR, but not really.
I'm not trying to be super fanboy here, but...
Apple isn't super known for future proofing. They release products on a regular cycle, so if they don't do something in one generation, if it gains popularity among consumers, it'll be in the next generation.
Great, your phone is super cool. We get it. 4k is cool. Big deal. Hollywood has been shooting in 4k for a while now, but have they been able to 'properly' edit it on a 4k monitor? High-budget films could, but the lower-budget films have used the same equipment they always used, just now it's editing 4k video. If Hollywood editors can work with 4k on a 1920x1080, 1920x1200, or 2560x1440 screen, we can deal with 4k on a 1080p screen. And yeah, their iMacs can do 4k and 5k! What does this have to do with the Apple TV?
Then why is it that they have healthy sales on their entire Mac line? OS X is still growing and evolving. The products are getting better every year. The UX is starting to converge a bit but that doesn't mean they're trying to end it. It's growing and changing as a healthy product line should.
And what's everyone's obsession with 4k? I'm at a university with an average internet connection speed that's 3-4x faster than my home internet speed. I can barely support a 4k stream over ethernet connected to my PC or MacBook Pro, so I know I won't even be able to stream 4k at my home (not to mention the bandwidth caps that are being rolled out by more and more ISPs) I'm sure people would be more than happy to stream 4k content to their 4k TV's if their internet was fast, but this post says it best:
And to everyone moaning about "the 6s is able to shoot 4k and that since their phone in another product series can take 4k video that the Apple TV should be able to play 4k content in 4k", and "what about future proofing?", and "Well we have 4k and 5k iMacs, why can't we have a 4k TV box?", please just get over yourselves.
Apple isn't super known for future proofing. They release products on a regular cycle, so if they don't do something in one generation, if it gains popularity among consumers, it'll be in the next generation.
Great, your phone is super cool. We get it. 4k is cool. Big deal. Hollywood has been shooting in 4k for a while now, but have they been able to 'properly' edit it on a 4k monitor? High-budget films could, but the lower-budget films have used the same equipment they always used, just now it's editing 4k video. If Hollywood editors can work with 4k on a 1920x1080, 1920x1200, or 2560x1440 screen, we can deal with 4k on a 1080p screen. And yeah, their iMacs can do 4k and 5k! What does this have to do with the Apple TV?
Those were industry talks with a pretty staged dialogue. I'm mostly talking about mass public appearances like talk shows and unstaged interviews on mass media.