I think Apple was wise to stay away from the controversy. That is what I think was their strategy is. North Korea and China are tight, Apple and China are tight. It's a stupid, moronic, if not scandalous movie which is not the hill one would die on for freedom of speech.
Agreed 100%.
If it was a documentary or news release near & dear to Apple's heart, then put your ass on the line but not for a shit for brains comedy.
They made the decision to do VOD like Monday. Apple shuts down many offices during the week of Christmas. Including the ones for handling itunes and the App Store. That's why sales don't change the week of Christmas.
Add to that the need to be sure the servers could handle the possible load and yeah, not happening
On a broader topic, does anyone else have trouble believing that N Korea -- a podunk, IT-challenged country with perhaps no more than a 1,000 IP addresses -- was able to do something like this?
And, if it was indeed the case that they were able to pull off something of this magnitude, that we're really doomed in more ways than we could possibly imagine?
I don't buy the president's confident assertion that NK was behind the hack. I think Sony had a history of poor security that was finally exploited by one or more insiders or student-level hackers who were politically motivated.
Why didn't Sony ask Google to put it up on YouTube? Or as the US government to host a secure site where people could watch it?
They did! Along with all the others (Amazone, Netflux, Google Plain, and M$ XBox...) after Apple said no. Apple made the right move. This is when their servers are the busiest downloading apps to new iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc... Why add the potentially large load that this movie would cost and make a bunch of new users uncapping cause a bunch of people want to download a HD movie. Now if Sony had been willing to do the correct thing and allowed it to open on iTunes 10 days later the network servers could have been tuned and tested without the risk of an iTunesgate fiasco with iTunes crapping out...
Well thought out move on Apples part, not so much for the other vendors which Sony sought out after the best and most popular service simply said NO!
jesus i hope you aren't an american. satire of course does deserve free speech protection in our nation.
and no, it's not like yelling "fire!" since in that classic litmus test we see the speech actively hurting people as they stamped. there is no such equivalency in a dumb comedy about killing an overseas dictator.
You are speaking prematurely. I'm sure they won't make good any any Christmas Day threats but if they did, it would then go to something much more dangerous than yelling fire.
?? Odd comment. Perhaps your post wasn't entirely clear.
At the end of the day I think nearly every single business cares about profits.
Apple's decision to not make the Interview available is as opaque as the hackers and Sony's motives throughout this whole thing too. We will never know exactly why they did what they didn't. In the end they're all "business" interests.
jesus i hope you aren't an american. satire of course does deserve free speech protection in our nation.
and no, it's not like yelling "fire!" since in that classic litmus test we see the speech actively hurting people as they stamped. there is no such equivalency in a dumb comedy about killing an overseas dictator.
You are speaking prematurely. I'm sure they won't make good any any Christmas Day threats but if they did, it would then go to something much more dangerous than yelling fire.
That, and notice the quaint use of "overseas."
I thought NolaMacGuy was more caught-up with history than this. Nobody reads anymore, and even if they do, they don't read McLuhan, it seems.
Big news, we live in a global village, or we're all crew on spaceship Earth, if you prefer. There is no overseas anymore. If North Korea lashes out, we'd be lucky to avoid WW III.
Rogen, Goldberg, Sterling and Sony Pictures are playing with fire.
Corporatist, just plain fascist. When the government didnt prosecute any bankers and instead backed them, is the day we crossed the line. Now its Fascism as far as the eye can see, no child left behind, no big gulp soda, to I can't breathe. This isnt a constitutional republic any more.
Maybe Apple f'd up, now people actually looked at downloading movies on another platform and may switch, or Apple wanted them to see and realize ITunes is better
I just watched it on YouTube, I wanted to watch it on iTunes as the rest of my movie library is on iTunes. Still the process was quick and the same price I would have expected from iTunes. I watched it on my AppleTV, but I paid Google. This was the first time I had paid Google for anything and now they have my credit card.
Not a good day for Apple. This was a missed opportunity to bring new customers to iTunes, or at least keep the ones they have. I'm disappointed that Apple couldn't swing this and handed all the glory to Google.
I just watched it on YouTube, I wanted to watch it on iTunes as the rest of my movie library is on iTunes. Still the process was quick and the same price I would have expected from iTunes. I watched it on my AppleTV, but I paid Google. This was the first time I had paid Google for anything and now they have my credit card.
Not a good day for Apple. This was a missed opportunity to bring new customers to iTunes, or at least keep the ones they have. I'm disappointed that Apple couldn't swing this and handed all the glory to Google.
I believe the issue here was Sony didn't give Apple enough time to properly prep the files for iTunes. Speed to market is not Apple's concern, they are about quality and as I understand it no one is currently showing The Interview in an Apple-quality format. Am I right or not?
I believe the issue here was Sony didn't give Apple enough time to properly prep the files for iTunes. Speed to market is not Apple's concern, they are about quality and as I understand it no one is currently showing The Interview in an Apple-quality format. Am I right or not?
What's the difference between the "Apple-quality" streaming format and what Google Play or Xbox delivers?
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At the end of the day I think nearly every single business cares about profits.
Agreed.
Agreed 100%.
If it was a documentary or news release near & dear to Apple's heart, then put your ass on the line but not for a shit for brains comedy.
Add to that the need to be sure the servers could handle the possible load and yeah, not happening
I don't buy the president's confident assertion that NK was behind the hack. I think Sony had a history of poor security that was finally exploited by one or more insiders or student-level hackers who were politically motivated.
Why didn't Sony ask Google to put it up on YouTube? Or as the US government to host a secure site where people could watch it?
They did! Along with all the others (Amazone, Netflux, Google Plain, and M$ XBox...) after Apple said no. Apple made the right move. This is when their servers are the busiest downloading apps to new iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc... Why add the potentially large load that this movie would cost and make a bunch of new users uncapping cause a bunch of people want to download a HD movie. Now if Sony had been willing to do the correct thing and allowed it to open on iTunes 10 days later the network servers could have been tuned and tested without the risk of an iTunesgate fiasco with iTunes crapping out...
Well thought out move on Apples part, not so much for the other vendors which Sony sought out after the best and most popular service simply said NO!
The real reason - iTunes is locked down for the week of Christmas - no content added/configured.
I'm guessing the interview will be available next week.
James
You are speaking prematurely. I'm sure they won't make good any any Christmas Day threats but if they did, it would then go to something much more dangerous than yelling fire.
Apple's decision to not make the Interview available is as opaque as the hackers and Sony's motives throughout this whole thing too. We will never know exactly why they did what they didn't. In the end they're all "business" interests.
That, and notice the quaint use of "overseas."
I thought NolaMacGuy was more caught-up with history than this. Nobody reads anymore, and even if they do, they don't read McLuhan, it seems.
Big news, we live in a global village, or we're all crew on spaceship Earth, if you prefer. There is no overseas anymore. If North Korea lashes out, we'd be lucky to avoid WW III.
Rogen, Goldberg, Sterling and Sony Pictures are playing with fire.
There’s no evidence of that, particularly not here. Read the article, and then the thread.
I just watched it on YouTube, I wanted to watch it on iTunes as the rest of my movie library is on iTunes. Still the process was quick and the same price I would have expected from iTunes. I watched it on my AppleTV, but I paid Google. This was the first time I had paid Google for anything and now they have my credit card.
Not a good day for Apple. This was a missed opportunity to bring new customers to iTunes, or at least keep the ones they have. I'm disappointed that Apple couldn't swing this and handed all the glory to Google.
I believe the issue here was Sony didn't give Apple enough time to properly prep the files for iTunes. Speed to market is not Apple's concern, they are about quality and as I understand it no one is currently showing The Interview in an Apple-quality format. Am I right or not?
I don't believe you are correct.
Can you download a 1080 HD version for viewing? Someone wrote earlier that it was only available in 480 (lower res).