Apple TV+ Is Better Than Netflix
Kind of… There’s a bit more to it, but hear me out…
While half the bored population of planet Earth is consumed by the tragic news of Netflix losing hundreds of thousands of subscribers virtually overnight for the first time in over a decade, the rest of the world cares very little or at all about this so-called seismic event in the media streaming industry.
You might have guessed, but you’d be guessing wrong, that I’m going to go on a rant about Netflix. It’s topical, I may as well, right? Well, I won’t. I’ll also try my best not to over-inflate the value of Apple TV+, but that’s going to be a bit more difficult because some benefits of Apple’s streaming service are hard to ignore. The fact of the matter is, regardless of who is winning or losing subscribers in this game, I feel, quite strongly, that Apple and Apple TV+ is winning in a category that Netflix never thought existed. Let me elaborate.
None of Apple’s products are for every customer, and that includes Apple TV+.
As an avid Netflixer myself — with occasional hiatuses of a year or two — I have seen the company grow, and I have seen their offering go from pathetic, to intriguing, from nothing to watch to too much to watch. Going from a collection of movies that looked…
