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Report: Apple TV+ Show Based on Gawker Media Got Scrapped After Tim Cook Intervened
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Do you like to get choked and hit in vulnerable situations?Really? And here I am complaining that Apple isn't behaving enough like a dictator.
Haven't tried it, so I really don't know.
I guess part of the reason that drew me to Apple in the first place was how they were able to march to their own beat and not care two hoots about what the rest of the world did. Removing the floppy disk, doing away with flash, showing the rest of the world how a proper tablet ought to be done, on more than one occasion, it felt like it really was Apple vs the world. And Apple won.
Somewhere along the line, it just became uncool to root for Apple. Maybe it's because Apple is now a 2-trillion pound gorilla which needs scrutiny and competition more than blind adoration. But I still continue to be in awe of Apple. In a sense, it's like watching Serena Williams or Usain Bolt. The way they dominate their respective sports don't always make for cliffhanger action, in that you pretty much know how the match is going to turn out even before it begins, but it's no less amazing to watch.
I just like watching what Apple can achieve at the peak of its ability, and the chief reason why Apple is as successful as it is is because of its design-led culture, its ability to place the product over company politics, and its tight-fisted control over every aspect of its ecosystem.
What a downright hyperbolic, and for lack of a better term, stupid comparison.
There are plenty of reasons to criticize Apple, and you are free to disagree with the decision to cancel the show. But to compare it to a dictatorship? The CEO of the company making an executive decision to not move forward with a project is too far?
The decisions to move forward with, alter, or cancel plans in companies are made by executives every single day. Some may like it, some may hate it, but that’s how business works.
Comparing the decision to axe a TV show with a dictatorship is horrendously disrespectful to the people who are suffering under actual dictatorships today.
Actually, violence is very much a part of the core human experience. And it is very much a part of the European heritage as much as it is every other people group’s heritage.
The reasons invoked to cancel the show. They’re personal. And telling creatives not to portray China in a bad light. To me those qualify as traits of an authoritarian regime or dictatorship. Tim is learning from Xi.
Rofl. Imagine having this opinion?
No. Apple cannot behave like a dictatorship because they’re a corporation not a government.
Also, if you were a gay man you would definitely resent the ones who outed you to the world. I know I do.
Apple TV isn’t even available in China, so this probably not a censorship issue unlike some Hollywood movies. I think this is more about not offending Chinese consumers, who are more than willing to switch to other OEMs to out of patriotism. In fact, judging by Apple’s current content selection, they try to be inoffensive to any particular country and as apolitical as possible.
Oh Timmy, you are such a disappointment. Especially, to your father.
This is clearly a case of Cook exercising his CEO veto out of personal grudge (his outing).
His prerogative I guess, not he’d ever publicly admit it. The irony of which shouldn’t be lost on anyone.
His prerogative I guess, not he’d ever publicly admit it. The irony of which shouldn’t be lost on anyone.
There's a simple counter to this: about everything they try to hide from you just assume the worst you can imagine, so the most thorough and truthful documentary about them would look like positive propaganda. Then decide accordingly when facing a choice buying something from china or elsewhere.
It’s super surreal when you think about it, almost like some weird a$$ backward Twilight Zone episode.It's always funny to see the difference on what is considered taboo between the U.S and Europe in their Film/TV/Commercial productions.
The U.S is very comfortable with hard-core violence but frowns on nudity.
Europe is very comfortable with hard-core nudity but frowns on violence.
Infer what you like from this
And once you notice it you can’t un-notice it. Lol
Users here can vote by not buying their products anymore. But it's hard to leave the eco system.
The people who run Apple TV+ can pass on a show if they’re not interested. But that’s different than Tim Cook intervening and stopping a project they already signed up for.
What is "hard-core nudity" even supposed to mean? Someone should probably have a talk about flowers and bees with apple's executives.
It's kind of sad that their two red lines are sex and angering a totalitarian regime.
It's kind of sad that their two red lines are sex and angering a totalitarian regime.
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Couldn't agree more! Nudity and sex is natural and pretty much part of our everyday lives. Violence on the other hand is not and it should not be "glorified" in any shape or form.
Sure, you can have violent movies if it fits the story, theme etc. but thats not the case most of the times these days. No wonder there is a culture of mass killing etc. Its a complex issue but for some reason nudity is the one that is "bad"
Sure, you can have violent movies if it fits the story, theme etc. but thats not the case most of the times these days. No wonder there is a culture of mass killing etc. Its a complex issue but for some reason nudity is the one that is "bad"
In the case of Gawker, they were approached by one gay man that outed another gay man. That doesn't make Gawker any less slimy in the situation, but that's an important detail that's often conveniently overlooked.
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That's exactly what I've thought about in recent months with all the riots in the USA, that you had shows glorifying cops breaking rules to extract a confession (maybe 24 being the most extreme), then all the country does surprised pikachu face when real-life cops start acting that way, Hollywood and TV show producers leading the way.Couldn't agree more! Nudity and sex is natural and pretty much part of our everyday lives. Violence on the other hand is not and it should not be "glorified" in any shape or form.
Sure, you can have violent movies if it fits the story, theme etc. but thats not the case most of the times these days. No wonder there is a culture of mass killing etc. Its a complex issue but for some reason nudity is the one that is "bad"