Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched. : television

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

As an Android user, how do you propose I watch?

I'm aware that you released to some Android TV devices a few years ago, you haven't released to the Android OS yet and as a Chromecast user I'm still out of luck.

You're ignoring a huge section of the market, so go fuck yourself Apple. You don't get to ignore users and then complain that no one is watching.

Do you remember when Game of Thrones was only available via HBO Go, which was only available via iOS devices and then Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show? I FUCKING WONDER WHY???

I've (somehow?) watched a number of Apple shows and they are good shows. Mythic Quest, Shrinking, Severance. I'm you're target audience, it's time you pay attention to that audience. You're not picking me up now, I've already found "other methods" but you can win me back if you make it easier. It's going to take some time, but time to get started.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

I rage-quit after 4 episodes of Foundation, so I don't remember how we were watching, but it was either on a PS3 or in Firefox on a Linux box. Those are the only two things I have ever had hooked to the TV. I haven't used the PlayStation for ages, so we were probably watching it through a browser.

https://support.apple.com/guide/tvplus/watch-in-a-web-browser-apdc0cb7ad64/web

You need an account, but not an Apple device.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

So now I need a computer hooked up to my TV and I have to navigate using a keyboard and mouse, very user friendly.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

So, you're not complaining about having to have an Apple device, you're complaining about is that Apple doesn't have an Android app for whatever Android TV device you're using?

You can watch Apple TV on your Android phone, or your Android tablet, through a browser. You can watch it on your laptop or desktop through a browser. You could even watch it on your Android TV device... through a browser. You could cast it from your browser on your Android phone to your Android TV. Or, like a great many people do, you could - yes - hook a computer (laptop?) up to your TV and watch it that way. I bought a $10 mouse/keyboard remote for mine that works as well as any remote I've ever had. For a little more, you can get one that's more remote-like in form factor, although I prefer typing on the larger one.

Anyway, there are tons of ways to watch Apple TV on Android devices.

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

So apps aren't important anymore? Every other streaming platform I pay for has an app and I can easily use it to play all my content.

Also is Apple TV still limited to 1080p when using a browser? Looks like maybe if I use Mac and Safari I can get 4K, but otherwise I'm limited to 1080p.

Also, why am I jumping through all these hoops? How about I pay for something and I get good service?

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

You implied that, as an Android user, you couldn't watch Apple TV without an Apple device. If you really want you, there are several ways without buying Apple hardware. I think the PlayStation has an app.

I'm generally in favor of native apps, but in the case of streaming TV, I'd rather use a browser - it's one less application to install that provides questionable value over a web page, and gives me far more options for viewing content in a variety of situations. At one point we had Prime, Netflix, and Apple all at the same time, and I used a browser to watch all of them; there was almost no difference.

I don't know the answer to the resolution question; we've canceled all of our streaming accounts.

My perspective may be different. Aside from my Android phone, I don't use anything other than Linux. Having access to services through a browser, rather than having to install apps that companies rarely provide for Linux, is a vastly superior accessibility solution.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You can't watch Foundation with any expectation of it matching the books. I said I wouldn't watch it but I broke down after I finished For All Mankind. The only thing that really bothered me is Gaal being so hysterical. Chill the fuck out girl.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

I wasn't expecting it to. The visuals were stunning, and the actors were good, but the writing was atrocious, the plot devices annoying, and all of the characters were uniformly unlikeable - especially the main ones. Gaal wasn't the only one; maybe just the most extreme.

I forced myself to watch almost the entire first season, but rage quit when it got to the point when I spent entire episodes wanting to shout at the characters to stop bring so stupid.

It wasn't a bad adaptation, because the only thing it shared with the books were some names; I was expecting that. It was a bad show, with awful writers, and that I couldn't stand.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I sympathize with the wanting shout at characters.

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[-] ahal@lemmy.ca 27 points 5 months ago

Apple TV is the best streaming service at the moment, hands down. I say this as a lifelong Apple hater. So many bangers:

Slow Horses
Silo
Ted Lasso
Severance
Bad Monkey

Then I have Shrinking and Disclaimer on my to watch list.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

For all mankind is fantastic too

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Sooo good

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago

Pachinko is one of the best shows across any streaming service, yet for some reason, Apple has buried it to the point that it’s nearly impossible to find in their UI.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Sunny was good too

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I am on the fence about disclaimer. It is not a bad show, I am just unsure I like the subject matter. So far everything we have watched on Apple TV we have enjoyed.

[-] scbasteve7@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Shrinking is incredibly good if you enjoyed Ted Lasso. They characters are real and don't make stupid "ish" decisions because they understand consequences exist. They also dont use movie logic. If something happens, it's not brushed under the rug, but it's also not blown out of proportion. It is dealt with how humans would actually deal with it. The show relies on good characters, and real life issues dealt with in a new goofy way. The only issue I have is they kinda let the train off the rails a little in season two, but it's still very grounded compared to most all other media.

A perfect 5/7

[-] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 20 points 5 months ago

There's plenty Id really like to watch on Apple TV. In fact, I watched Severance using my parents account while they had it temporarily. But now that I've tried it, I know that there's no point in me getting it because they make it as hard as possible to watch anything if you don't have specific devices. Literally all the other streaming services make it stupid easy to watch what you want using any device. But Apple still has a decades old stick up their ass about proprietary bullshit and they want you to get an iPhone for the simplest experience. I have loads of different devices and I ended up using an old MacBook with chrome to cast the browser to my TV. And that was really annoying and I'm not about to pay for that experience. You want my money? Make it easy. It's that simple.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 19 points 5 months ago

There's another way.

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[-] untuned@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe a bit late to the party but I know you can watch through https://tv.apple.com after you login

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Are people not watching? It’s my understanding that the movies have flopped but the tv shows are doing well.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

Apple has about 259 shows and movies compared to Netflix’s approximately 18,000.

Given genre preferences, that's about 20 watchable shows, then?

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Netflix has about the same to me… which I just download now after I found out I can only watch 720p in Firefox hahaha

[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

I watch Apple TV shows more than any other service. I love SciFi and they have an excellent set of shows in that genre.

I can tell no one is watching though. The just cancelled Big Door Prize, which was really good.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Can you recommend some from their service?

I have quite a few of their shows already but I’m super into so-fi so I’ll take any recs I can get.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

severance is one of the best shows anywhere in the last few years. For All Mankind is also really good.

See and Foundation are okay/watchable.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

So it turns out I have all of those, but only briefly started for all mankind (wrong headspace for it at the time). So I’ll bump those all up my watch list, thanks!

[-] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah! I saw Severance and For All Mankind mentioned. I also like Silo, The Big Door Prize, Monarch, Foundation, and Sunny. There’s some others that I haven’t watched. I saw a lot of people mention Dark Matter.

Also Big Door Prize got canceled after season 2 so you might skip that. It leaves a lot of mysteries unanswered.

[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago

Maybe if they made an android app that works on phones and tablets.

Android app Currently only works on androidTV boxes if you can figure out how to create 2 Apple accounts

[-] Zier@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago

I see pirated Apple shows all the time and I just pass. I'm very uninterested in their content, even for free.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I’ve watched a few things. Fantastic sets and production quality. Terrible acting and writing.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 7 points 5 months ago

If I were to commit myself to a single streaming service it would probably be Apple TV

[-] pi49mhsbh@feddit.rocks 1 points 5 months ago

Which are your favourite shows ?

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 5 months ago

Severance by far

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[-] MashedTech@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

They're not available here, and can I even watch on Google TV? Sailing the high seas seems to be the best. Not my problem if I need an apple tv to watch apple tv +

[-] allan 3 points 5 months ago

On android TV there's an app. Amazon's Appstore as well for their fire TV sticks. But yeah

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Not my problem if I need an apple tv to watch apple tv +

You do not need an AppleTV to watch. The app is available on quite a few popular platforms, including many SmartTVs, Roku, Fire Sticks, PS4, PS5, several Xbox models, and Android TV.

[-] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I keep seeing that they have some good science fiction shows and meaning to sign up. I just haven't. Maybe when work buys me a new phone. I seem to remember a free couple of months last phone. I just didn't get around to it.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There is definitely a good amount of good sci fi. Definitely worth checking out when you can get a free promo. They come up fairly frequently, I've had 3 free 3 months (9) over the past year and a half or so

[-] FrustratedArtist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Any particular sci-fi shows that caught your eye? Been wanting to check something out.

[-] 31337@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Severance is great. Silo is OK. For all Mankind was great in the earlier seasons. Foundation is good. Extrapolations is good, but too unrealistic for the subject matter, IMO. Dark Matter (2024) is pretty good, reminds me of Sliders from my childhood.

Edit: Oh, Sunny was good too.

[-] scbasteve7@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I really enjoy The Foundation. It almost gives you whiplash by switching between slow burn and intense action. But I do not mean that in a bad way whatsoever. A really cool aspect of the show is that it does not take place over the span of a normal movie. It takes place over a couple(?) of centuries. There's different characters that come and go, and some others that have other ways of surviving the long time span. But it really shows you the long term consequences of certain actions.

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