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> "Mr. Stewart told members of his staff on Thursday that potential show topics related to China and artificial intelligence were causing concern among Apple ex

by xd1936 3y ago

> "Mr. Stewart told members of his staff on Thursday that potential show topics related to China and artificial intelligence were causing concern among Apple executives, a person with knowledge of the meeting said." Oof.

hx8 3y ago
It's okay, tech monopolies are not harming the consumers.
- gizmo686 3y ago
  Its a talk show. Far from having a monopoly, Apple is a small player in this space.
  - sproketboy 3y ago
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  - jkestner 3y ago
    Yeah, that's not the problem here. Stewart can get good distribution on his show elsewhere, especially if he doesn't need to make millions. It's a problem for Apple TV+ if anyone. Apple will use their earnings from their hardware business to ensure they continue to mint money in that business. Apple's streaming service has plans to be a standalone revenue stream, but so far it's only there to burnish Apple's hardware business, and it's not allowed to undercut that.
  - asow92 3y ago
    It's not about AppleTV, but geopolitical questions regarding Apple itself.
mrtksn 3y ago
As the tensions increase, I hope at some point the platforms will have to claim impartiality and start acting as platforms instead of a gatekeeper and curators. In its current form, it is very normal and expected for executives to be concerned over controversial issues that can cause business problems because they have responsibility to make money and they have control over who does what on their platforms, therefore its only expected of them to distance themselves from content that might cost more money than its bringing. Fingers crossed that we will go back to the content agnostic platform days where the culture isn't shaped by the concerns of tech manages in SV but by the people who are involved in the society. Those who think that the current arrangements are fine and they keep hate speech or nudity or some other controversial topic out are risking of falling on the wrong side of the curation because the inorganic methods of keeping the "bad guys" out keeps these people(the deplatformed) unchallenged and organic and they are gaining steam for good or bad reasons and they might actually end up being the financially justified ones to bet on.
- coldpie 3y ago
  Break Up The Tech Companies! Content producers should not also own the content pipes.
  - KingLancelot 3y ago
    Yup, Hollywood studios vs Theaters supreme court already ruled was a monopoly, so is this.
- fullshark 3y ago
  Hope will get you nowhere, these platforms change hats depending on whatever is most beneficial to their bottom line / political standing. Regulation is the only way.
  - pauldenton 3y ago
    Regulation with differential enforcement is how you get to the current situation with Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Donald Trump over classified documents handling.
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by xd1936 3y ago

hx8 3y ago

It's okay, tech monopolies are not harming the consumers.

gizmo686 3y ago
Its a talk show. Far from having a monopoly, Apple is a small player in this space.
- sproketboy 3y ago
  [dead]
- jkestner 3y ago
  Yeah, that's not the problem here. Stewart can get good distribution on his show elsewhere, especially if he doesn't need to make millions. It's a problem for Apple TV+ if anyone. Apple will use their earnings from their hardware business to ensure they continue to mint money in that business. Apple's streaming service has plans to be a standalone revenue stream, but so far it's only there to burnish Apple's hardware business, and it's not allowed to undercut that.
- asow92 3y ago
  It's not about AppleTV, but geopolitical questions regarding Apple itself.

mrtksn 3y ago

As the tensions increase, I hope at some point the platforms will have to claim impartiality and start acting as platforms instead of a gatekeeper and curators. In its current form, it is very normal and expected for executives to be concerned over controversial issues that can cause business problems because they have responsibility to make money and they have control over who does what on their platforms, therefore its only expected of them to distance themselves from content that might cost more money than its bringing. Fingers crossed that we will go back to the content agnostic platform days where the culture isn't shaped by the concerns of tech manages in SV but by the people who are involved in the society. Those who think that the current arrangements are fine and they keep hate speech or nudity or some other controversial topic out are risking of falling on the wrong side of the curation because the inorganic methods of keeping the "bad guys" out keeps these people(the deplatformed) unchallenged and organic and they are gaining steam for good or bad reasons and they might actually end up being the financially justified ones to bet on.

coldpie 3y ago
Break Up The Tech Companies! Content producers should not also own the content pipes.
- KingLancelot 3y ago
  Yup, Hollywood studios vs Theaters supreme court already ruled was a monopoly, so is this.
fullshark 3y ago
Hope will get you nowhere, these platforms change hats depending on whatever is most beneficial to their bottom line / political standing. Regulation is the only way.
- pauldenton 3y ago
  Regulation with differential enforcement is how you get to the current situation with Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Donald Trump over classified documents handling.

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