cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6745228

TLDR: Apple wants to keep china happy, Stewart was going after china in some way, Apple said don’t, Stewart walked, the show is dead.

Not surprising at all, but sad and shitty and definitely reduces my loyalty to the platform. Hosting Stewart seemed like a real power play from Apple, where conflict like this was inevitable, but they were basically saying, yes we know, but we believe in things and, as a big company with deep pockets that can therefore take risks, to prove it we’re hosting this show.

Changing their minds like this is worse than ever hosting the show in the first place as it shows they probably don’t know what they’re doing or believe in at all, like any big company, and just going for what seems cool, and undermining the very idea of a company like Apple running a streaming platform. I wonder if the Morning Show/Wars people are paying close attention.

  • @zecg
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    1938 months ago

    definitely reduces my loyalty to the platform

    You are either paying the subscription or not, your inner states mean nothing to them or us.

    • @UPGRAYEDD
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      8 months ago

      I can think of an old great daily news show that still doesnt have a permanent host… please!!!..

      Or run for president.

      • @Burn_The_Right
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        598 months ago

        I’ve been saying, “Stewart for President” for decades now. He is perfect for the job. He would never want that job, which I just see as further qualification.

        • @Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug
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          298 months ago

          He fought congress for two fucking decades for 9/11 first responders and the families to get paid, he comes more than prepared to every talk, and he’s not afraid to shut someone down and call out bullshit.

          I’d say he’s over qualified for work in politics

          • Flying Squid
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            268 months ago

            Ukraine got their version of Jon Stewart to become their president and he’s successfully fighting off a Russian invasion. Sounds like an endorsement to me.

            • @DragonAce
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              268 months ago

              Jon Stewart 2024 “It worked for Ukraine”

        • @FordBeeblebrox
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          138 months ago

          It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job

          Let’s just kidnap Jon and pressgang him into the Oval Office. He’d be the best president since that peanut farmer, maybe better

        • Pxtl
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          Back when he was hosting the Daily Show? Yes. Now? I’ve watched his show a bit and… I think he went a little nuts on that farm of his.

          He sounds like vegan Joe Rogan now. Too much conspiracy, too much long anticapitalist ranting while his guests sit awkwardly and say “uh, okay”.

          He’s a good guy and what he did for 9/11 first responders was amazing, but he’s not the man he used to be.

      • @psycho_driver
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        148 months ago

        Jon Stewart as president might be the greatest thing that could happen in my lifetime.

    • @psycho_driver
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      48 months ago

      Yeah you’re either a meal ticket for them or you ain’t.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      28 months ago

      Well sure, point is producing Stewart’s show was a notable choice that indicated favourable things about the platform/studio.