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I feel like apple has definitely matured a bit on the biz side that they’re effectively making drastic culture change within a few quarters of sales pace slowdo
by awinder 8y ago
I feel like apple has definitely matured a bit on the biz side that they’re effectively making drastic culture change within a few quarters of sales pace slowdowns, considering the years where they let rot fester the last time the company was in trouble. Maybe they’ve learned lessons from the past or from Microsoft’s journey but in either case, it’s promising that they seem to understand what some of the big deals are when committing to services business line.
I also think apple has one of the most compelling digital movie purchase systems so it’ll be interesting to see if this follows the iTunes music biz model where they expand to more platforms and take over a lot of the revenue. The system is way more stable at higher quality than competitors like vudu, and they’re trying to do the right thing by avoiding this push to charge more than $20 per movie. Also backdating purchases to upgrade 1080p movies to 4K was a very slick move.
- jordache 8y ago> also think apple has one of the most compelling digital movie purchase systems People don't decide which platform to purchase a movie from based on how compelling the streaming technology is. It needs to be a platform that's accessible on their device firstly.
- mikhailt 8y agoDeleted due to misunderstanding.
- jordache 8y agoi'm making a generalization of how the mass majority of consumers behave. Most people are not apple fanatics. Most people do not need to purchase the movie and value "portability" of such digital format. Most movies are not worthy of repeat views, esp at different locations. Most people do not differentiate that much between HD and 4K when watching at home, on a setup that is not a home theatre.
- SyneRyder 8y ago> In this case, he didn't say anything about streaming tech They did, they commented that iTunes had better streaming than Vudu: "The system is way more stable at higher quality than competitors like vudu..."
- badwolf 8y agoWhich seems to be something Apple is starting to expand upon, with Apple Music now available on Android and Amazon Echo, as well as iTunes and AirPlay coming natively to Samsung TVs https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/apple-itunes-airplay-2-coming-to-samsung-tvs-2019/ https://www.cnet.com/g00/news/apple-itunes-airplay-2-coming-...
- jdillaaa 8y agoI did not know Apple Music was on Android. I wonder if they're using FairPlay (used on iOS and macOS) to do DRM or if they use Widevine? Apple Music's recently released web portal uses Widevine to do DRM (same as Netflix and Spotify web) https://tools.applemusic.com/en-us https://tools.applemusic.com/en-us FairPlay on Android surely has some bugs if this is the case ...
- scarface74 8y agoIf you purchase a movie from either iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, or Google Play, you can use Movies Anywhere to sync your purchases across all of the services.
- bestnameever 8y agoParamount, Lionsgate, and MGM do not participate in Movies Anywhere and movies from those studios will not sync across services. https://help.moviesanywhere.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005281983-Which-movie-titles-are-not-eligible-for-Movies-Anywhere- https://help.moviesanywhere.com/hc/en-us/articles/1150052819...