Thoughts on Streaming Services
"Netflix Kills Casting from Phones"
Netflix continues to make its service worse for users, while raising prices.
Ads Litter The Path To Enshittification For Netflix
PSA to Netflix users: Prepare to be the slowly boiled frog.
"Apple’s True Intentions in Hollywood—with Top Exec Eddy Cue"
This was a really great interview with Eddy Cue about Apple TV. Kudos to host Matthew Belloni (and to Cue) for an interview that was more engaging than most that I've seen with Apple brass.
"Apple is the Exclusive New Broadcast Partner for Formula 1 in the U.S."
I haven't been following F1 for a while, but I will dip in and check out this coverage. They didn't explicitly mention Vision Pro. I'm still hoping that there will be a more immersive experience for Vision Pro.
Commercials during football are the harbinger of ads on all Netflix content
The commercials during Netflix’s football broadcasts are a slippery slope that leads to ads at all levels of the service. Mark my words: accept ads here, and we’ll all be paying top dollar as well as watching ads in no time.
NFL Game Highlights on YouTube
A football game is long because of all the commercials and downtime between plays. These ~15 min versions of the games are great, even if—like me—you're not a football fan. This particular game is a good one, but I think that several of the recent ones are also good.