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Comment by dannykwells | Hacker News Reader

This is so true. We have Disney+, HBO, Apple, Netflix, and Hulu.

Of those, the very clear ordering in terms of taste and vision is: Disney+, Apple, HBO >>>> HBO, Hulu.

Apple is the most amazing one to me - they came from nowhere, and are bringing original content like CODA or Severance after only a few years.

Maybe it's because Apple - the largest (tech) company on Earth still has at its core the idea of beautiful things designed by humans, and Netflix never has.

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Apple has been good at quality, but the quantity's still really low. I keep meaning to cancel because I go months without watching anything on it. Unfortunately for them, it'd be an excellent one to start subbing just one month a year.

While it has less quantity, Apple TV+ is also much cheaper at $5 per month.

And a lot of people got 1 year for free, more if you are a student

It's been only 3 months free for a while now.

Apple is throwing around insane money for top talent and is trying to hit it out of the ballpark on each swing.

Netflix used to be that way too. But now it is trying to play moneyball.

Apple is less rushed than most others. They don't need to win by yesterday. I think the same could be said for Amazon. They're not killing it like apple, but they are slowly building up a fairly decent collection of originals that doesn't feel as rushed as Netflix.

Netflix needs to get on the Garth Ennis train and make a Crossed series, maybe Pride and Joy mini series

Nitpick but CODA barely counts as original content. It's an American remake of a very popular French movie "La Famille Bélier". The producers were even involved with both film.

Apple didn't even make CODA, they just bought its distribution rights after it won Sundance. Honestly, CODA did nothing for me. Derivative award season bait, felt like I was watching a fancy after school special.

Just finished watching Severance and it was mind-blowing and very thought provoking (especially the season finale). I don't know why not more people are talking about it the way they did about Squid Game.

Apple TV doesn't have the same subscriber base. I watch Pachinko, which I think is a critically acclaimed show, but no one is talking about it.

How is HBO>>>HBO?

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