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I didn’t know Apple TV was watched a lot. Anecdotally two tv addicted friends mention it. Besides Ted Lasso I don’t see it mentioned. And whatever Oscar bait th

I didn’t know Apple TV was watched a lot. Anecdotally two tv addicted friends mention it. Besides Ted Lasso I don’t see it mentioned. And whatever Oscar bait they have. I watch Mythic Quest. No one else I know does. Apple TV otherwise feels superficial and fake in a way to me. Shows like For all Mankind and another one. They feel sterile. OTOH, overall. Netflix is still huge. Just when I’m on HN of Reddit this never appears to be the case.

akvadrako 4y ago
Most of the people I know are watching Apple's new show Severence. Probably their biggest hit yet.
rntksi 4y ago
I registered for Apple TV just for Foundation. I did the same for Amazon Prime Video because of The Expanse. Once I saw those two ended for the season, I also ended my subscription.
embik 4y ago
> Apple TV otherwise feels superficial and fake in a way to me. Shows like For all Mankind and another one. They feel sterile. I never found For All Mankind or any other Apple TV+ show to be sterile (well, maybe apart from Severance, but that is deliberately done) - to me, they have an unparalleled production value. Nothing comes even close in the streaming landscape. I wonder if that is creating that feeling for you.
avl999 4y ago
From where I see it Apple TV is trying to be to streaming services as HBO was to broadcast/cable network in the pre-streaming era. Back then, broadcast/cable networks would crank out shows like a lot of streaming services are doing to day but HBO would have a much more limited selection but what they did put out was aimed to be high quality (where quality here is defined by critical approval; and production values). AppleTV like HBO is trying to follow a strategy of focusing on the quality of the product over quantity. It seems that most of their shows esp as of late get excellent reviews and look very expensive. It probably doesn't have the viewership of the bigger streaming services like Netflix/Max/Disney+ who have more populist content but they are managing to differentiate themselves from the other services.
- dangus 4y ago
  Apple can also get away with a small library in the short term because their users can bundle in cloud services they were likely to buy anyway. Once you want a music subscription and a family-size amount of cloud storage (the 2TB plan), you’ve basically got the whole Apple One bundle justified. On top of that these services all further increase the friction of ever leaving the Apple platform. Apple is the most valuable company in the world for a very good reason.

akvadrako 4y ago

Most of the people I know are watching Apple's new show Severence. Probably their biggest hit yet.

rntksi 4y ago

I registered for Apple TV just for Foundation. I did the same for Amazon Prime Video because of The Expanse. Once I saw those two ended for the season, I also ended my subscription.

embik 4y ago

> Apple TV otherwise feels superficial and fake in a way to me. Shows like For all Mankind and another one. They feel sterile. I never found For All Mankind or any other Apple TV+ show to be sterile (well, maybe apart from Severance, but that is deliberately done) - to me, they have an unparalleled production value. Nothing comes even close in the streaming landscape. I wonder if that is creating that feeling for you.

avl999 4y ago

From where I see it Apple TV is trying to be to streaming services as HBO was to broadcast/cable network in the pre-streaming era. Back then, broadcast/cable networks would crank out shows like a lot of streaming services are doing to day but HBO would have a much more limited selection but what they did put out was aimed to be high quality (where quality here is defined by critical approval; and production values). AppleTV like HBO is trying to follow a strategy of focusing on the quality of the product over quantity. It seems that most of their shows esp as of late get excellent reviews and look very expensive. It probably doesn't have the viewership of the bigger streaming services like Netflix/Max/Disney+ who have more populist content but they are managing to differentiate themselves from the other services.

dangus 4y ago
Apple can also get away with a small library in the short term because their users can bundle in cloud services they were likely to buy anyway. Once you want a music subscription and a family-size amount of cloud storage (the 2TB plan), you’ve basically got the whole Apple One bundle justified. On top of that these services all further increase the friction of ever leaving the Apple platform. Apple is the most valuable company in the world for a very good reason.