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Originally Posted by OtinG
Yep, last year they promised the Apple TV+ programming coming soon. I bought an iPad or an ATV 4K or something which qualified me for a free year of TV+. It finally ends in mid July 2021. I'm not going to keep the subscription though. TV+ is not for me. I've tried finding something to watch other than a movie or two which they added because of the COVID-19 quarantines and closed theaters. None of their series were that interesting to me nor written for my age group.
TV+ is just another Prime Video wherein they show you tons of shows but when you click on them you discover you have to pay to buy or rent them, or you have to buy a separate subscription. TV+ and Prime Video are both pretty much worthless, except with my Amazon Prime subscription I do get other perks. If I add TV+ and Prime Video together, there are perhaps 6 shows of some interest to me and only a handful of episodes for each. They have a few specials and a movie oce in a great while, but that is it. As far as programming to watch, they are both a waste of money.
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Actually, most of what you are talking about isn't Apple content, but content provided by other providers such as HBO. Basically, they are trying to get you to subscribe to those other channels.
From the beginning, Jobs's vision of AppleTV was that it was going to be a hub for all your viewing content, kind of like Tivo. I see a lot of value to being able to simply say "I want to watch Yellowstone" without having to worry about what channel it's on, or what service has it (Paramount+ in this particular case). The problem is that each service wants you to subscribe to them and all those subscriptions add up. It's too bad really, but much of the TV/streaming world is still caught in the "I want the Whole Pie" mindset rather than working together and sharing the money. Still, I do subscribe to Disney+ and the notices of new drops of shows that I watch is pretty nice.