steveau

The problem with Apple TV+ isn't the content. I love Slow Horses, like some others, and there are others that I don't care for. and there are out and out failures, like "Time Bandits". The problem for me is that every iterative "improvement" to the Apple TV interface makes it harder to use. What was wrong with "Movies", "TV", "Music", etc. Very simple and intuitive. Now I have to hunt through Apple TV+ to search for movies and TV that used to pop up as offerings in the aforementioned tiles, pseudo Apps, or whatever they are. And, if I want to re-watch an old show that I've bought I have to go back to "Movies" and "TV".
Then there's the fact that Apple never remembers what you've bought, so you get suggestions for stuff you've already watched and don't get reminders to buy series/sequels that you have bought. I suspect that some of the loss is fewer purchases of third party content, because they are trying to push Apple TV+ content. OK, but it shouldn't mean you have to sacrifice one for the other. 
Then there's the lack of simplicity in the interface. sometimes the options/content is best accessed by scrolling down and left to right, sometimes by scrolling counterclockwise, etc., etc. What happened to simple and intuitive interfaces?
Still, for Chernobyl, Slow Horses, and others in that class, I'll forgive them almost anything.

"Slow Horses" is unmissable! Best thing since "Chernobyl" Great scripts, production and direction, along with the wonderful Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and the rest of the cast
IMHO "Silo" is not quite in the same league, but still very enjoyable sci-fi. 

chasm said:

I wonder if the thief was actually caught, since the story doesn’t say (nor does the original source report). Very odd bit of info to leave out.

"West Yorkshire Police confirmed that a report of a stolen car had been made on March 4 and that it was found "shortly after" in Bradford, but no suspect has yet been identified."

Looks like the crooks parked it in a safe place, either because they received a tracker alert, or just to retrieve it later.

Nice review Wesley. I'm happy to wait until series 2, or even 3. The only thing that would make me move earlier would be a really well done Apple Maps or Google Earth in immersive 3-D. Preferably Google Earth (I'm an urban planner). I used Google Earth in 3D at a friend's house a few years back, and it has great potential for anyone in the planning, architecture and civil engineering professions, but the hardware-software integration wasn't good enough then.

BTW, re "The biggest problem with Control Center is how it is summoned and its persistence throughout the operating system. A small downward carrot in a circle appears when looking up, which is tapped to open the menu." I'm guessing that "carrot" should read "caret".

Looks like more "switchers" heading over to Apple TV. I don't have Netflix and never miss it.