robbyx

The question isn’t whether or not the iPad is a “pro” device...but whether or not iOS is a “pro” OS. The answer remains no. It’s getting better but it’s not there yet. 

My mom couldn't figure out what to buy my dad for Christmas two years ago and eventually settled on an Apple Watch.  My parents are pretty well off, so she bought the Hermès model.  My dad never took to the Watch so he gave it to me.  Honestly, the Hermès watch band is nothing special at all.  It's pretty ridiculous actually.  You'd never know it's Hermès.  It's just all around very average and, in my opinion, a total rip-off.

davgreg said:

The Hip-Hop audio they stream is more offensive than anything on HBO, Showtime or Netflix.

Apple should get out of- and stay out of- content.

Apple are total hypocrites. They are happy to peddle sexist, violent, misogynistic, and homophobic audio content on Apple Music all day long. Not to mention all the violent video games in the App Store...

But heaven forbid one of their upcoming snooze fest TV shows has a little bit of violence or shows a boob. 

I ageee. They should not get into content. Build great devices. Write great software. Stay focused. Unfortunately that’s not Apple anymore. 

Rayz2016 said:

badmonk said:

As an Apple investor, high-priest and fan-boy, I am concerned.  To make high quality media requires courage and a willness to push the envelope.

If you think nudity and violence is the only way to push the envelope then you need to see better movies. 

Nudity and violence are part of life. They aren’t required to push the envelope, but they are often part of good story telling. Apple has become such a nanny. Writers and directors should be able to tell their stories without some big nanny company censoring their art.  If Apple demands boring, safe, offensive to no one content, very few people are going to want to work with them and even fewer are going to subscribe to whatever service they offer. 

badmonk said:

As an Apple investor, high-priest and fan-boy, I am concerned.  To make high quality media requires courage and a willness to push the envelope.

Disney is the lone-exception to this rule, but their craft is heavily scripted, produced and massaged over long periods of time.  That sounds like Apple but it is much much more difficult to do durable sanitized media well.

I think everyone here saying “it works for Disney” doesn’t know anything about Disney. They release tons of content with violence and nudity under their other brands. Touchstone Pictures. Dimension Film, which releases an endless stream of slasher movies, was owned by Disney until recently. Their old Hollywood Pictures brand released numerous violent horror and action films. They used to own Miramax. Etc. 

Disney is one of the biggest distributors of violent content and nudity in film.