lukas_canji

Yo spam, I am quite certain that if you listed a few of your hobbies people might make the same determination. Regardless, speaking on the topic at hand in the article, this is an anti consumer move from Apple.

I just feel that they have no pulse on what is happening in the gaming industry at large. It is quite a shame given the size and impact of the industry (which is substantially larger than film, tv, and music). 

Apple has had a similar policy to the Steam Link app that allowed you to play PC games on mobile devices via your Local Area Network. Valve (parent company of Steam) originally had issues with Apple for similar reasons but it was resolved a few months later. Apple seriously need a head of gaming as they appear clueless and flailing in all things related to this industry. 

Nonetheless, the position that Apple is currently taking (requiring approval of all streamed games individually despite them not being locally on device) is tantamount to Apple requiring Netflix to individually submit every film and tv show for approval by Apple before they are allowed to stream on Apple's platform. It is idiotic. I think once they are educated on the topic they will approve the service.

Furthermore, another possible reason for not allowing this service on Apple devices is that it would wipe the floor with what Apple Arcade has to offer. The ability to play 100+ AAA $60 games for a monthly fee of $15/month is an insane value proposition. Perhaps Apple knows this and understands that they cannot compete with this. 

Nonetheless I hope Apple comes around.

I was quite a fan of the ability to have my phone unlock as I was picking it up so that it would already be open by the time I laid eyes on it.

Additionally, maybe this can pave the path for notchless iPhones.

I mean Face ID is cool, but I would not miss it (I mean maybe I would miss Animoji) if the fingerprint scanner was put into the screen.

Full screen iPhones will be really cool and sleek looking. Apple tends to focus heavily on aesthetics, and most people who follow apple probably know what their design goals are generally. 

On another note, I have a fun conspiracy theory with regards to Face ID. What if the purpose of Face ID was to get dimensions of peoples faces so when the apple glasses product is available, they would be fitted with the appropriate size and there would be no risk of poorly fitted glasses. Probably not the case given Apple's stance on privacy, but you never know.

randominternetperson said:

lukas_canji said:

I really hope the focus is movies, tv, and live broadcasts. I feel that devoting too much time to the news and magazine aspects would be a mistake. If they get video right (price, value, variety) they will make a killing. I will seriously reconsider my current streaming costs (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crave (only way for Canadians to get HBO), Sportsnet). I really hope they can offer something that cover these bases with additional value that would convince me to switch. I have Apple Music and if I can bundle the video service along with it in a family plan package at a reasonable price I will definitely be on board.

You can't get HBO via Hulu in the Great White North?

No, there is a devils bargain between Canadas worst telecommunication company (Bell) and HBO. Crave is the Bell owned digital distribution channel that allows its subscribers to watch tv and movies from HBO, Showtime, and a few other channels). Additionally Hulu is not available in Canada (without the use of a VPN).

Canadians have some of the highest telecommunication bills in the world, no thanks to the cabal of our telecommunication overlords (Bell, Rogers, Telus). It also doesn't help that when competition from the states tries to make inroads into Canada these companies shit a brick and run to the government. And predictably nothing happened. 

Local ISP's have started to challenge the established players (with FTTH, which I luckily have), but we need a similar thing to happen to the mobile space as it is depressingly overpriced and monopolistic.