stompy

MplsP said:

M68000 said:

Is it time to start putting a code on the connectors of these cables to show what specs they have?  We now seem to have many flavors of TB, USB-C and HDMI.   It’s a complete circus.  One looks at these various cables and wonders what they have.

Agreed. Everyone was gushing about “one port to rule them all.” Well great but now we have 50 cables for that one port and we can’t even te what that one port can do so the port is simpler but the overal situation is much more confusing. 

charlesn said:

stompy said:

entropys said:

Perhaps the show didn’t meet its viewing targets?
 It isn’t as though Stewart would admit that, and Apple will say nothing. It is most likely the wrong kind of platform for such a show. At least at this time.

This. Underperforming shows get cancelled. Apple prefers to move on rather than discuss failures.

Apple wouldn't greenlight half the shows it does if "ratings" were the coin of the realm for its decisions. Prestige, originality, global appeal and content that reflects well on the Apple brand are all important drivers of greenlight decisions, and having Jon on Apple TV+ ticked those boxes. It's not that viewership numbers are entirely unimportant, but Apple's streaming decisions, in particular, do not follow industry norms. And considering the budgets for its scripted shows, especially in the sci-fi genre, the budget for a talk show like The Problem had to be more like a rounding error in what Apple spends on productions. What would NOT sit well with Apple, especially in an election year, is controversy. I'm sure it doesn't want its products boycotted and "cancelled" by either red or blue America. It doesn't want a Bud Light redux on its hands. It probably also doesn't want China, its #1 market in the world, targeted for criticism in a show that it pays to produce, or to have AI taken to task when it's racing to establish its own foothold in this area. So it seems most plausible that Apple and Jon couldn't agree on the future of the show. I mean, c'mon--is there any question as to which direction his return to the Daily Show will be leaning... heavily? 

For all its warm n' fuzzy marketing, Apple stands on business at the end of the day. It plays ball to the degree it must with Xi in China, human rights be damned. And it recently issued a "move or get fired" ultimatum to its workers in San Diego regarding plans to transfer their dept to Austin, TX. Perhaps no big deal if you're a guy... but Apple women lose bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom in that move. Kind of a huge deal. Doesn't matter to Apple... move or lose your job. 

chelin said:

This is like saying to an employee that the $1000 salary is the same as $2000 elsewhere. A lie and a damn bad lie at that.