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Apple TV+ has highest-rated content of any streaming service for 2nd year in row

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Another observation - why does the average rating drop yoy for all streaming services?

Diversification, probably. They try to amass more and more content, not all of it is good. Averages start dropping as the user base scales too

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Another observation - why does the average rating drop yoy for all streaming services?

Diversification, probably. They try to amass more and more content, not all of it is good. Averages start dropping as the user base scales too

yes, if 95% of everything is crap and your goal is to have everything it follows you will have a lot of crap.

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FTA: “According to the study, Apple TV+ has the highest average IMDb score for its streaming library (7.08) for the second year running, although it still has the smallest library of content.”

I think ”because it has the smallest library of content” is closer to the truth. For Apple, Apple TV+ is just another thing that keeps users buying Apple hardware. For Netflix, it’s more “they better watch us than the competition”, so they need lots of content. Not all of that can be of the highest quality.

Re: Apple TV+ has highest-rated content of any streaming service for 2nd year in row

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I'm guessing Apple is not going for quantity but quality. Like everything else they do. Once they figure out what gets them high quality then they figure out how to do it at scale.

I see this in all of the things they do.

The one thing you see from Apple is though. Once they choose to do something they don't give up easily. Case in point Apple Maps. When they launched it they met with a lot of criticism. Now they're going back to the drawing board and re-doing the entire thing.

They really don't give up. I admire that about them.

p.s. If someone hasn't watched Foundation on Apple TV+, I highly recommend it.

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I'm guessing Apple is not going for quantity but quality. Like everything else they do. Once they figure out what gets them high quality then they figure out how to do it at scale. I see this in all of the things they do. The one thing you see from Apple is though. Once they choose to do something they don't give up easily. Case in point Apple Maps. When they launched it they met with a lot of criticism. Now they're…

Its interesting how different tastes people can have. I, for one, couldnt stand Foundation for more than three episodes. Severance, on the other hand, is like a one, series-long, good Black Mirror episode.
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