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submitted 1 year ago by maegul@lemmy.ml to c/tvplus@lemmy.world

TLDR: Apple wants to keep china happy, Stewart was going after china in some way, Apple said don’t, Stewart walked, the show is dead.

Not surprising at all, but sad and shitty and definitely reduces my loyalty to the platform. Hosting Stewart seemed like a real power play from Apple, where conflict like this was inevitable, but they were basically saying, yes we know, but we believe in things and, as a big company with deep pockets that can therefore take risks, to prove it we’re hosting this show.

Changing their minds like this is worse than ever hosting the show in the first place as it shows they probably don’t know what they’re doing or believe in at all, like any big company, and just going for what seems cool, and undermining the very idea of a company like Apple running a streaming platform. I wonder if the Morning Show/Wars people are paying close attention.

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[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 39 points 1 year ago

Imagine what a power play it would be for HBO to pick it right up.

[-] maegul@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Yea ... I'd personally like to know how Stewart feels and would love to see some post-mortem from him not least because it's a big general topic with a lot of relevance and also the sort of thing he'd talk about.

Like, he had to have seen this coming, which I'm guessing is why he walked ... he was prepared for the scenario and had already thought it through. So he probably has thoughts.

[-] plz1@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They already have Last Week Tonight, I doubt they'd go for it.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago
[-] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately HBO is not the same anymore either.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Seriously, I've been expecting Last Week to be canceled any day now.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nebula could single handedly slay YouTube with many lifetime subscribers, by offering him a deal. I'd get a lifetime subscription immediately

[-] Tbird83ii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Or imagine Jon and John both on last week tonight together for a few weeks... Kinda a roundtable discussion... invite a few guests... Maybe they could call it something like Rigid Orb, or Unbreakable Sphere... That would be something.

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