Apple TV+ average seems much higher than other services. Naturally, not all shows catch my attention, but those I actually watch are really good!
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If I may just say except for Invasion, thank you, you can finish what you were saying.
Oh yes that show was bad. Stopped after the first season.
Agreed! Most of the stuff on Netflix is crap. AppleTV has much better content.
The apple fanboys on here is cringeworthy😂
there's no denying that Apple TV+'s catalog has not only consistent but also are of very high quality than compared to any streaming platforms are there.
My favorite is the Foundation Series. and I'm now itching for the season 3!
yes I agree. No fear, everything is great. "Oh I did not really engaged with this one, maybe it's not for me" but then you go watch something else and the quality is up there. The after some time you go through that same one you did not like at first: "damn this is actuslly fire"
I just wish there’s more Gen Z shows .-. But most shows are good!
Just starting watching the new Monarch show. Love it. Also love Severence, silo, for all mankind
For all mankind is AMAZING (especially how they put in detail to make the alternate history feel real. Although this upcoming season may be outlandish, as they have an ALT history newspaper clipping where Michael Jordan is actually a HOF level star at baseball, and the Seattle Mariners basically become a dynasty with him and Griffey Jr and Edgar together.
Agreed. I just watched the latest episodes from the buccaneers, for all mankind, and lessons in chemistry.
It doesn’t make a compelling argument when it comes to keeping a subscription all year long. I subscribe to Apple for about 3 month a year and then cancel
Subscribe to it for a couple months, watch everything there is worth watching, and then drop it for a year. Rinse, repeat.
Absolutely true. Currently is the only streaming I’m paying. Sometimes when sonething good comes out in Netflix, I just torrent it
I love Apple TV+ and the constant quality of their content is one of the reasons.
Apple TV+ has definitely shown that they care about production values and are willing to invest the money needed to make shows really look good.
Both HBO and Netflix have done a really good job at points in the past, of finding producers/directors with really good ideas, and saying, “here’s lots of money, make us that thing you convinced us would be a great movie/series”. It brought all sorts of really cool and different shows to the services. Then Netflix started throwing money at any idea, rather than curating, leading to a ton of meh content, and then HBO decided mergers/buyouts were cool, but now they didn’t have money to make all the really good shows any more.
And now Apple is at that spot the others were before, where they’re taking in a small number of carefully selected ideas, and throwing money at them, asking the producers/directors to go make their visions. And the topic of any given show may not be for you, but they’re generally really well done.
Disney+ is getting it right some of the time (Mandalorian, Andor, and Loki have been really good, some of the others are really lacking, like, Secret Invasion shows the effects of a lot of compromises), but Apple is getting it right a lot of the time.
Apple TV+ is currently my favorite streamer for this very reason. It used to HBO for that same reason before Zazlov came and burned it to the ground. But yes, quality over quantity, curation breeds consistency. Also the literal quality (high bandwidth, all Dolby Vision/Atmos) is industry leading; makes for a great experience.
HBO has gone to shite. Used to be my fav but since it came free with my ATT fibre, I rarely watch it except for IDtv content which now comes with it.
People keep saying this but there are quite a few shows on TV+ that I’ve tried and haven’t been able to get into. And I find there are very few shows that catch my attention or interest me from the trailers.
Maybe it’s just my preferences are different, but there are a lot more shows/movies on Netflix that get me interested and keep me interested compared to TV+. I will say that video quality is much better on TV+ compared to Netflix though.
They need a banger of a show so they can at least have one where EVERYONE is talking about it such as HBO had with Game of Thrones or Netflix with Stranger Things. I’m hoping they can pull something off so they can get more subscribers and in return put more money into getting better directors. It would be sick if they could convince Tarantino to make a series after his last film. Maybe a Kill Bill series would get everyone going nuts. Will it happen? Probably not.
It's also different because Netflix is trying to serve a wider variety of demographics. Apple has a narrower demographic along with a more intimate view into their customer's preferences and produces content in accordance with that
Cope!
It's true Apple TV has some great shows.
Netflix has five times the number of great shows and 10 times as many great movies.
Go ahead children, down vote me.
Quality over quantity is great, until you run out. Then you need some quantity to spread around while the kids throw tantrums. I love them both for what they are.
Apple tv has the best video and audio quality by far. But a lot of their original content is trash. I think the issue is usually bad creative direction. It feels like a lot of the shows are made in a soap opera format to drag the content along to keep you watching longer, rather than being engaging.
They do have some stellar shows in the midst of all the trash tho.
Season 1 of foundation is amazing Severance is one of the best shows I ever seen. Swansong is a wonderful movie. Highly recommend.
It's really hit or miss.
I probably miss a lot of TV shows/movies that interest me on Netflix. They produce so much content. Content that interests me gets “lost in the sauce”.
I’ve started having the same issue with Max. And all I want is HBO but now must pay higher prices for content that I don’t want and a clumsy UX.
Both Netflix and Max charge extra for 4K, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos. They don’t care about customer satisfaction. They only care about subscription numbers.
A premium service won’t nickel and dime their customers.
And if your core business is your content, wouldn’t you want to offer the best experience and not one that is subpar? Poor video/audio quality can ruin a good movie… and also elevate an average one.
Apple seems to care about the customer experience. Their content is well curated and they offer excellent video and audio quality.
I’ll likely soon cancel Netflix and resubscribe for a month here and there. Max may also be on the chopping block for me as well… after the Gilded Age ends its season.
I love that Apple TV uses the highest quality in regarding to the picture, they have one of the higher streamer bitrates and basically everything is Dolby Atmos/Dolby vision.
What’s your favorite original Apple TV+ show currently?
This hands down. They are making some top notch shows and not throwing everything at the wall and see what sticks. Quality is everything at Apple and hope it stays that way. So far they have been the best streaming service for content quality to me.
Agree. Except Netflix easily has as much or more high quality content, but it gets drowned out by tons of mediocre content
In concept, maybe. Just need to bring the quality IMO. 85% of ATV content is horrible.
With the exception of Invasion which is one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen Apple has great quality
Definitely watching Apple TV more than any other streaming service. Also has the best sound.
They’ve got misallocation of spending like everyone else and by cancelling shows on the quiet (like high desert) they’re proving they have the same annoying “we don’t care about our viewers” traits as every other media company.
They’ve clearly spent a fortune on Invasion and it’s a bad show. They clearly have spent on big actor vanity projects like Mr Corman too.
That money could have been better allocated to other shows.
Or just buy Paramount already and charge us a little more for their merged catalog
It takes awhile to build up quality content. Apple has the money to play it slow.
I subbed to Apple TV and haves watched more there than any other streaming service this year. Foundation, Silo, For All Mankind have all been fantastic.
Thing Netflix also does is hide “Continue watching” like 15 rows down.
This is SO TRUE! We have become steady Apple TV watchers instead of wasting time scrolling on Netflix, we KNOW that when apple puts out a new show, almost no matter what genre, we LOVE it!
We have been converted and not looking back
Disagree. Sure, they have some innovative content and premises that I haven't seen before their execution is poor and there is a LOT of perfumed dogshit. I watched Hijack today and it made me sad and then mad. Had so much potential but it had bad pacing, lazy writing and was missing basic elements of storytelling.
Several shows are amazing like Ted Lasso, Severance and Lessons in Chemistry which are well written. But majority are mildly interesting like Invasion, Hijack, Foundation etc. and you think it will be good but they go nowhere and have such terrible pacing in the first 10 mins that you want them to just get to the point. It doesn't hook me in or make me care about the characters. A lot of the time, the situations feel contrived and there is no grounding and emotional core to the story.
It's like Apple doesn't have good writers or directors or something since basic story is missing but it does have Oscar worthy cinematographers and awesome production design and also money to pay good talent like Idris where you think it will be awesome but it is wasted potential - basically gorgeous looking dogshit. Sigh. What a tease.
Indeed. Foundation is a masterpiece and Ted Lasso is really fun.
Agree. I started with Severance, and it was brilliant. Then Silo, very engaging. And at the moment watching Lessons in Chemistry, really like it. All three have good plot, production and are interesting enough to keep me watching through the whole season and be existed for the next season.
Netflix has declined for me in terms of the number of original shows I am interested in watching. Apple has certainly produced better shows of late.
With that said, Netflix does have more new additional movies and non-English content worth watching. They also release all episodes at once. I might spend time scrolling through Netflix to decide what I want to watch, but with Apple I watch their top shows that I am interested in and that’s it (I am not going to watch all the shows that they come up with). There can be long stretches of time where there really isn’t anything to watch. Like recently, Servant ended. Ted Lasso ended, Silo season finished, Platonic finished and Morning Show’s recent season hasn’t come out yet and there want really anything I was interested in watching. But even then say I should watch 1-3 other shows then what?
I agree, and if I didn’t have kids, I’d probably cancel many of the subscription services I have. That’s one area where TV+ is lacking.