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> Apple, per the Times, remains the perceived frontrunner. CEO Tim Cook has met with league officials, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and Patriots owner Robert Kraf
by cglong 4y ago
> Apple, per the Times, remains the perceived frontrunner. CEO Tim Cook has met with league officials, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and Patriots owner Robert Kraft regarding Sunday Ticket. The Times writes that Apple "has made winning the package a priority."
Apple keeps investing so much into exclusivity deals and extended free trials to try to boost usage, and yet the only people I've ever seen recommending Apple TV+ content are those in the Apple blogosphere.
EDIT: Ted Lasso probably came closest to mainstream acceptance and yet... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/1658697600?hl=en-US&tz=240&date=2020-08-14+2022-07-24&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11jmxk7kxl,%2Fm%2F0131ln7y&sni=3 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/16586976...
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- sem000 4y agoHuh? I don’t watch sports but Apple Original series are some of the best TV right now.
- sofixa 4y agoLike what? Might be my bubble but I've literally heard more about an offshoot of a basically dead franchise (House of the Dragon) than about anything out of Apple.
- umeshunni 4y agoFor all Mankind - probably the best scifi show right now.
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- throwntoday 4y agoIt's not saying much to be honest. I find myself fast forwarding through any scenes that don't take place off planet. Severance, Dr. Brain, Defending Jacob, and WeCrashed were the only good shows I found on Apple TV+. That said those are all extremely good.
- umeshunni 4y ago> I find myself fast forwarding through any scenes that don't take place off planet. Hah, yes. I would also have preferred more space scenes and less family drama and office politics.
- simonw 4y agoSeverance is one of the best TV shows I've seen in years.
- ngetchell 4y agoSeverance is great but a really slow burn.
- chrismarlow9 4y agoPaul Walter Hauser is killing it in Black Bird.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoTod Lasso is pretty much universally loved by friends of mine who have watched it. You don't have to be a soccer fan to watch it. I don't know as many people who have watched Severance, but it's an incredibly good show- as long as Season 2 maintains the quality, I think it'll rank up there with shows like The Wire and Breaking Bad.
- rodgerd 4y agoTed Lasso, Severance, Prehistoric Planet.
- sem000 4y agoSeverance, Morning Show, Black Bird, Mythic Quest to start.
- Cyph0n 4y agoSeverance, Black Bird (airing now), Slow Horses, Foundation, Ted Lasso, and early parts of Servant.
- foogazi 4y agoWe’ve watched Defending Jacob, See, Home Before Dark (kids show), Servant and they were very good, quality shows
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoI had Apple TV+ for a year for free and never saw anything appealing enough to get me to use it.
- tunesmith 4y agoThe first year felt sparse, but it's been a different story lately.
- sofixa 4y agoI agree, with the only exception to that (and then again it seemed to me most people discussing it simply pirated it) is Ted Lasso, which is quite popular in some niches (football(the one called soccer in the US) and Football Manager related subreddits for instance).
- lesstyzing 4y agoWhat? Ted Lasso is really popular. The Morning Show too. Coda won best picture. All three of those are pretty mainstream. Not Netflix show levels of mainstream but certainly not limited to the blogosphere.
- cglong 4y agoThose shows/movies barely register when compared with Stranger Things: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/1658697600?hl=en-US&tz=240&geo=US&q=%2Fm%2F0131ln7y,%2Fg%2F11jmxk7kxl,%2Fg%2F11f4m382q6,%2Fg%2F11qqfygs81&sni=3 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/16586976...
- heyheyhey 4y agoStranger Things is literally the most popular streaming show ever. That's like comparing The Larry Sanders show to Seinfeld.
- listenallyall 4y agoHey Now!
- johnfn 4y agoThis isn't exactly an apples-to-oranges comparison. Stranger Things had the advantage of Netflix being a dominant player in the streaming market for many years. Let's compare Ted Lasso with House of Cards, Netflix's first foray into creating an original series: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11jmxk7kxl,house%20of%20cards#TIMESERIES https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%... Ted Lasso is doing pretty good!
- nvrspyx 4y agoAnecdotal, but I've never even heard of Coda.
- kurthr 4y ago
- tpush 4y agoWho cares how popular a streaming service is? Just look at reviews and such to find series/movies you'd like. Apple TV+ has a lot of good stuff IMO; I'm really enjoying Shining Girls at the moment.
- Cupertino95014 4y agoFor whatever it's worth: I don't have Disney, Netflix, HBO, or Hulu. I do have Apple TV, for Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Coda, For All Mankind, and Black Bird. A bunch of other shows that are not great and I don't watch them, but they're not terrible, at least.
- cglong 4y agoNo offense but having "Cupertino" in your username kinda reinforces my point :)
- Cupertino95014 4y agoOh noes, someone's looking. No, I don't work at Apple, never have, never will.
- phpisthebest 4y agoNo but chances are you are heavy in the Apple Echosystem which was the point. Apple TV needs to break out of Apple Fans... I own zero apple products, and have no interest in Apple TV being the first. That is the point, how many Apple TV users also own an IPhone, iPAD, and a Mac computer?
- Cupertino95014 4y agoYou mean ecosystem? > how many Apple TV users also own an IPhone, iPAD, and a Mac computer just one of those. They might be mostly confined to Apple fans; I don't know. They do seem, in general, to want a universe of fanboys. Fortunately, Apple TV isn't very sticky that way, so far at least. I watch it completely on non-Apple equipment.
- xref 4y agoIf they didn’t mean “echosystem” it’s the greatest typo of the decade
- legitster 4y agoI dunno. My parents and their peer group can't stop recommending Ted Lasso, Coda, Greyhound, etc. It seems to me their audience skews older.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agoApple ecosystem is the Jitterbug of the rich.