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According to Bloomberg, Apple is taking a markedly different path with its streaming TV series than the likes of HBO Now or Showtime. The sources for the report—which include Hollywood producers and other industry insiders who have met with the company in recent months—paint a picture of a very conservative corporation making slow progress.
They say that Apple has expressed a preference for uplifting, family-friendly shows and that it has been disinterested in other kinds of pitches—even those from prestigious artists like Gravity's Alfonso Cuarón—because they don't fit that mold.
Carpool Karaoke, based on the segment from CBS' The Late Late Show with James Corden, was scheduled to premiere on Apple Music in April, but it didn't. The series came out in August instead. The Bloomberg report indicates that the show was delayed because the initial cuts had swearing and "references to vaginal hygiene."
Will Apple be the new Disney?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Nerdfest on Sunday October 29 2017, @01:30PM (2 children)
Now what kind of control-freakery would that be? This is Apple we're talking about. Giving people options is not what they're all about.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday October 29 2017, @01:48PM
FTFY [youtube.com] (those red shorts and well lined bobbies certainly spoke about other type of family values)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2017, @11:44AM
Nonsense, even back with the original Macintosh, you had options... You could leave it sealed, or if you wanted it opened, you could hit it with a large rock. You could choose to use it with Apple hardware, or choose not to use it at all even!
That all said, the people I know who "aren't computer people" are time and again most frustrated by one thing when it comes to computing, and that is an excess of options. That which draws in the tinkerer to customize is anathema to the crowds who want their device to do ONLY what they bought it to do, and not make them think too much about anything (thinking is a bug, not a feature). This has always been a point of contention in the marketplace and has driven at least the Linux world nuts for decades at this point as the buying power rests with the anti-options crowd, but it's how things are.