Apple planning to make original TV shows and movies as hardware sales soften

Re:Apple planning to make original TV shows and movies as ha... by newscracker on Thursday January 12, 2017 @12:12PM (#13384019)

This could be a very good move, but while becoming popular with original content is not difficult, making more money could be. This splintering of content is making it more expensive for consumers - buy an Amazon Prime/Video subscription for all Amazon original content, buy a Netflix subscription for all Netflix original content, buy an Apple Music subscription for all Apple original content...

Hopefully these big companies will have the sense to come together in the future and start cross selling at least some of their older/aged content on the other competing services. Perhaps not the very best or the newest in their individual lineups, but others (just like this is handled across TV networks). Every service wanting to become the primary aggregator of streaming content won't work well for consumers.

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Re:Apple planning to make original TV shows and movies as ha... by nkkollaw on Thursday January 12, 2017 @02:45PM (#13385443)

They can't seem to be able to keep up with their computer line--barely 3-4 models while a few other companies have dozens--and have discontinued things like monitors and routers.

They weren't able to finish up Apple TV, nor the car, according to rumors.

They need some focus, in my opinion.

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