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9secondkox2 said:

Idk. If apple was giving this show life, it would have been more respectful to use cook in the “good guy who knows better” role instead of a competitor. So now, Cook is indirectly included on the other side of that. Not so cool. 

While I commend Apple for not interfering with a show creators wishes, it’s probably only bevause  tje creator is an established name and not an indie or lesser known. Apple has Ben know to turn a deaf ear to the peasants” but turn the whole apple Mach in on a dime for Taylor swift for example. 

This one just shows who won the power play over a tv show. Tom Hank’s once complained bitterly about how controlling apple was over a movie he starred in. But it seems apple doesn’t want to lose shows or talent and has decided to loosen its grip. That’s a good thing. 

However, I also am a firm believer that people are people and though Rogan got the greenlight for season 2, it’s only bevause the show is a hit. If it was just ok or mildly successful, hee get told to take a hike. And he may run into issues with other projects that aren’t obvious winners. 

You do have to wonder why Netflix instead of apple. Hopefully he shares some of his reasoning behind that. 

Don't read so much into it. The whole point of the episode is the anonymity of Hollywood studio presidents when it comes to credit for the films they make. Rogan's character just wants his mother to see him be thanked by the star of one of his movies at the Golden Globes. People know who Tim Cook is and what he does. I've never heard of the Netflix guy before this, and neither have you. I still wouldn't recognize him if he showed up on my porch with his daughter selling Girl Scout cookies. That's why he was the better choice to do a cameo as a studio boss telling Rogan's character to put it in his stars' contracts to thank him at awards shows and then get over himself and accept his anonymity. Everybody knows who Tim Cook is, so he's not the guy to be making that point.

Once again, consumer choice happens when selecting the device. If you want a managed, secure system, get an iPhone. If you want to be able to side load unregulated third-party stuff, get an Android phone. Forcing Apple to be more like Android results in less consumer choice, not more. 

As long as they keep the charging port on the bottom, I'm good with any possible upgrades. Or they could replace the port with inductive MagSafe charging, which naturally would be on the bottom. I wonder if people would still go nuts if you could just set it on an iPhone or watch MagSafe charger, as you can with an AirPods case? I mean, it would no longer be on its side or upside down, as with the current plug-in port, but it would still be insistently wireless. 

This feels like a “the internet is a series of tubes” sort of comment from an official who has no idea that he has no idea what he’s talking about. 

One can only imagine that Jeff Bezos is making the mental note that a $1m donation, a high-profile endorsement and appearance at the inaugural, a narrow restriction on the subject-matter and stance of the Washington Post's editorial page and the inclusion of The Apprentice on Amazon Prime can all be quickly negated by a false internet rumor. Instead of having a staffer pick up the phone and check if the rumor is true, Trump sends out his Press Secretary to excoriate and threaten Amazon. If he didn't know it before, Bezos is surely aware now that a business or political relationship (or any relationship) with Donald Trump is not is so much transactional as it is mercurial. 

What the emboldened Trump 2.0 is about to find out is that, as he increases the pace at which he turns on friends and allies, he will soon have no friends left. This time he's hired an inner circle that won't say no or even mildly make suggestions to temper his impulses, like making a phone call to check facts before issuing public attack on one of his wealthiest supporters. Trump may think he's powerful, but Bezos has enough FU money to generate a suddenly renewed interest among some Congressional Republicans to reassert their power over tariffs and other things. After all, Bezos wants free markets, deregulation and lower taxes, and what he's getting right now is a huge increase in taxes that will negatively impact his primary business, plus, today, a public attack on that same business.