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One 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
by sofixa 3y ago
One 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.