Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans

From	Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans
Date	2020-07-25 11:26 +0000
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Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
> On 25 Jul 2020 at 10:43:10 BST, "Andy Hewitt" <thewildrover@icloud.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> They released For All Mankind an episode a week, so ... well who knows 
>>> but given Apple TV+'s relative dearth of material I'm sure they'll want 
>>> to spread Foundation out a bit.
>> 
>> Yeah, it’s the lack of material that made me think it not such good value
>> as a service at the moment. I can see it being abandoned in the not too
>> distant future to be honest, it just isn’t coming anywhere near to Netflix
>> or Amazon Prime (even without the ‘unlimited’ extra subscription), as a
>> value for money service.
> 
> The others have one or two decades more backlog. It adds up.
> 
> Subbing for a month occasionally and slurping down all the things you want to
> watch is a way to go.

Yeah, that’s pretty much how I use the others anyway, swapping between them
as mood and new releases dictate.

Although I’ve not used NowTV as much lately, their prices have rocketed
upwards, and don’t offer as much value (IMHO).

-- 
Andy H

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OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-23 16:02 +0000
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 17:59 +0100
    Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-23 10:35 -0700
      Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-23 10:37 -0700
        Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-07-23 20:28 +0000
        Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:06 +0000
          Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2020-07-29 13:34 -0700
      Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 18:47 +0100
        Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-23 20:36 +0000
          Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2020-07-23 22:12 +0100
          Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-23 23:03 +0000
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-23 17:17 +0000
    Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-07-24 09:50 +0100
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-24 06:56 +0100
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-07-24 14:21 +0100
    Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-24 15:18 +0000
      Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-24 17:14 +0100
        Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-24 17:21 +0000
          Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> - 2020-07-25 08:50 +0100
            Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 09:43 +0000
              Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-25 09:56 +0000
                Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 11:26 +0000
                Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-25 16:00 +0000
                Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-25 17:04 +0000
              Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 19:27 -0400
                Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-26 06:48 +0000
            Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:09 +0000
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 19:37 -0400
    Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Bruce Horrocks <07.013@scorecrow.com> - 2020-07-26 00:44 +0100
      Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2020-07-25 22:27 -0400
  Re: OT: Apple TV news for Asimov fans Flavio Matani <flavio_matani@mac.com> - 2020-07-29 20:10 +0000

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