> 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.
Like 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.
Tod 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.
I 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).
What? 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.
This 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:
Who 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.
For 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.
> 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.
Teams should be trying to lock up key players with long term contracts, and shouldn't blink at big dollars to do it. The salary cap is going to explode and we'll be marveling at teams that are paying only $45M a year for a top-10 QB.
Honestly that is a good question for the NFL. Why was Sunday Ticket not available on cable systems? Why are great games often blacked out in favor of a "local" team's games (even when local may mean another state or hundreds of miles away)? Why does RedZone have a hard cutoff at 8pm even if overtime games are still in play?
Why are you recommending such a circuitous method involving an unrelated phone app when simply trying to access Apple TV in a web browser will lead you to the link to create an Apple ID—whether that browser is on a phone or not?
Because you can't use that Apple ID to then play TV. You need the Apple Music activated account and trial, so you may as well use the Apple Music app to make it.
> You need the Apple Music activated account and trial
That's obviously not accurate. It may be a sufficient workaround for whatever roadblock you hit, but it certainly isn't a requirement; I've never used Apple Music with my Apple ID and had no trouble obtaining Apple TV+ service. A more reasonable hypothesis is that you need to do something with a brand new Apple ID to establish it's authenticity before you can activate a free trial of Apple TV+, and the Apple Music workaround is but one of many options. What kind of error did you hit when trying to go straight to the TV+ trial with a brand new Apple ID?
Google would be able to prevent you from watching football because they don't like your political views.
This is a worrisome development, and it's entirely within the realm of possibility. Imagine getting your Google account suspended because you uploaded a video that YouTube decided was "misinformation", or you wrote a document in Google Docs that contains unacceptable text in Google's mind, or you wrote a particularly spicy comment somewhere.
They shut down your account, and there's no way to appeal the decision, or even speak to someone at Google to find out what you've done wrong. As a result, the only way you'd be able to watch football from that day forward is to go to a friend's house or sports bar.
Although perhaps this is exactly what needs to happen to bring this problem into the national consciousness.
Google doesn’t care about political views. Just what makes them the most money. Too much victimizing amongst some people. If Google was actually on the left or liberal why would they time me again do shady anti consumer/customer stuff with their ads and why did they collude with anti poaching? most people are apolitical or in the middle. Those people are who Google is appeasing. So Google is harsher with people to the extreme. Regardless of which side you’re on.
Random fun fact about the origin story behind NFL Sunday Ticket is that it was aided in creation by Jon Taffer, the guy thats famous for Bar Rescue. He was the sports bar operator of the year in the 1990's and then was approached by a satellite communications company and came up with a plan to present to the NFL. NFL liked the idea so much they decided to do it on their own and put Jon Taffer on the advisory board.
Assuming this goes through (whether it’s Apple, Google, Amazon, or whoever), I could see this becoming a cultural tipping point where your ‘average American’ sees the encroachment of big tech into ‘everyday American’ things - more than ever before. All cultural interactions will now be dominated by big tech, whether it’s sports, film, music, or literally anything they see through a screen.
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[ 4.4 ms ] story [ 94.9 ms ] threadSeems like you should take the Florio attribution out of the headline, since he is not the one breaking the news, just repeating it (as usual).
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/16586976...
Severance, Dr. Brain, Defending Jacob, and WeCrashed were the only good shows I found on Apple TV+. That said those are all extremely good.
Hah, yes. I would also have preferred more space scenes and less family drama and office politics.
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.
That's like comparing The Larry Sanders show to Seinfeld.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=%...
Ted Lasso is doing pretty good!
The only show I have ever heard about on Apple tv is Mythic Quest
A bunch of other shows that are not great and I don't watch them, but they're not terrible, at least.
No, I don't work at Apple, never have, never will.
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?
> 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.
Which is why I got AppleTV for free, but now I'm paying for it.
The NFL is about to get paid.
Teams should be trying to lock up key players with long term contracts, and shouldn't blink at big dollars to do it. The salary cap is going to explode and we'll be marveling at teams that are paying only $45M a year for a top-10 QB.
* First, install Apple Music on your phone. If you don't have a smartphone, you might just be out of luck here.
* Sign up for or create an Apple ID in Apple Music. Yes, Apple Music, even though you want TV.
* Start an Apple Music trial.
* Log in to the Apple TV app using your account, now that you have a valid account that will let you sign in.
* Use the Apple TV app to upgrade your account to Apple TV+
* Cancel your Apple Music Trial.
This is... absurd? I hope that the product folks are on top of this if they acquire the Sunday Ticket.
For the record, this is the advice currently on 9to5mac.com and is how I subscribed to watch Foundation on Android TV.
That's obviously not accurate. It may be a sufficient workaround for whatever roadblock you hit, but it certainly isn't a requirement; I've never used Apple Music with my Apple ID and had no trouble obtaining Apple TV+ service. A more reasonable hypothesis is that you need to do something with a brand new Apple ID to establish it's authenticity before you can activate a free trial of Apple TV+, and the Apple Music workaround is but one of many options. What kind of error did you hit when trying to go straight to the TV+ trial with a brand new Apple ID?
This is a worrisome development, and it's entirely within the realm of possibility. Imagine getting your Google account suspended because you uploaded a video that YouTube decided was "misinformation", or you wrote a document in Google Docs that contains unacceptable text in Google's mind, or you wrote a particularly spicy comment somewhere.
They shut down your account, and there's no way to appeal the decision, or even speak to someone at Google to find out what you've done wrong. As a result, the only way you'd be able to watch football from that day forward is to go to a friend's house or sports bar.
Although perhaps this is exactly what needs to happen to bring this problem into the national consciousness.
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