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Maybe not quite the same, but I will point out that “Apple TV” and “Apple TV+” are not just two distinct products, but are in fact entirely different categories
by kevinventullo 3y ago
Maybe not quite the same, but I will point out that “Apple TV” and “Apple TV+” are not just two distinct products, but are in fact entirely different categories of product.
One is a piece of hardware akin to a Roku. The other is a streaming service akin to Netflix.
- lupire 3y agoThanks to Disney, "+" is the industry term for "Streaming"
- sofixa 3y agoOne company using it doesn't make it the "industry" term. It was the copycats that followed like Apple and Paramount that made it into an industry term. It kind of makes sense for Paramount, but really doesn't for Apple. Par for the course for Apple TV+, barely baked content on a barely baked poorly named service.
- BrazeBeefNoodle 3y agoOdd, I’m not a huge fan of many things Apple is doing these days, but I’ve consistently found their homegrown content to be very high quality.
- sofixa 3y agoI've watched 3 shows on Apple TV+ - Extrapolations, The Morning Show, and Ted Lasso. All of them start very promisingly (as in, the premise is good, the initial setup of actors/sets/etc. is promising, there is lots of potential ways it could go) but they're all superficial, get very predictable, and then the quality steeply goes downhill after a point. All three could have been way better, and had vastly more promise than what they delivered. It was enough to make me cancel the service.
- als0 3y agoI didn't think Apple copied anyone. Pretty much all their subscriptions have had plus like iCloud+ and Fitness+.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThat was them copycatting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%2B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%2B "Disney+ was launched on November 12, 2019" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICloud "In June 2021, Apple introduced iCloud+..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_(Apple) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitness_(Apple) "Apple Fitness+ is an ad-free video on demand guided workout streaming service announced during Apple's September 2020 Special Event"
- rafark 3y agoApple has been using + way before Disney. Apple care+, iPhone 6 Plus and I’m pretty sure they had another plus product or service in the 2000s or earlier that I’m forgetting right now. Edit: it was the Mac plus from 1986. I’ve always associated “plus” with Apple, not with Disney.
- lupire 3y ago"Plus" has always meant "bigger" or "more".
- jpadkins 3y agoDisney+ Paramount+ AppleTV+ Discovery+ in addition to to 4 or 5 more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_streaming_media_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_streaming_media_servic... It's an industry term now.
- lupire 3y agoCopycats did it... thanks to Disney.
- chimeracoder 3y ago> Thanks to Disney, "+" is the industry term for "Streaming" Google+ was too far ahead of its time!
- rvnx 3y agoIsn't it closed ?
- ra7 3y agoI use both and I haven’t found it too confusing, to be honest. I just think of it as Apple TV (streaming device) gives access to Apple TV+ (streaming service).
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- iopq 3y agohttps://www.apple.com/apple-tv-app/ https://www.apple.com/apple-tv-app/ Apple TV (app) gives access to Apple TV+ (streaming service)
- tavavex 3y agoApple TV is mostly associated with the hardware streaming boxes they've been releasing for a long time, Apple TV the app is just an app that performs a similar task on non-TVs. TV+ is available on both of them. Still, there's a bit of confusion around the naming.
- geodel 3y agoIt would just mean there are somethings you found confusing but others don't and vice versa. But you come swinging like you have done survey of Fortune 500 companies and Google stood out in naming confusion.
- ra7 3y agoI don't have to survey Fortune 500 when things are plainly obvious. Hangouts, Allo, Duo, Buzz, Google Talk, GChat, Inbox, Messenger, Messages, Bard, Gemini, etc. Who else has a track record of chopping and changing like this?
- relativ575 3y ago
- lobsterthief 3y agoApple TV is also an iOS app, macOS app, tvOS app, and [other generic TV OS] app which allows you to access Apple TV+ content if you have a subscription, but otherwise lets you access services connected to your Apple TV [hardware].
- hbn 3y agoActually it's more that Apple TV is both a piece of hardware and an iTunes-like service, while Apple TV+ is a subscription service akin to Netflix. The Apple TV hardware and the Apple TV app on your iDevice can both be used without paying a subscription. The hardware has all other streaming apps a la Roku, and both it and the app on your iPhone can be used to purchase and watch TV shows and movies.
- travisgriggs 3y agoIn my mind: - AppleTV - the all things tv stuff from Apple that I pay once for - AppleTV+ - all things tv stuff from Apple that I have to pay every month for
- azinman2 3y agoInteresting framing! I guess the + is like the + sign on a calculator ;)
- electroly 3y agoIf you ever take a customer survey for Apple, for the "which Apple products do you use?" question they always have to write something like "Apple TV (a streaming box that plugs into your TV)" and "Apple TV+ (an online streaming service)" because they know the names are so confusing.
- atkailash 3y ago[dead]
- s3p 3y agoHello, would you like to watch Apple TV+ or Apple TV Channels on your Apple TV app on your Apple TV?