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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.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. Apple are the Machine

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

i would totally help crowdfund a jon stewart show

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand that Apple relies on cheap Chinese labour...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Probably more related to the fact that various Chinese banking companies have combined assets in the tens of trillions and if they say jump, or tell someone who relies on them to tell you to jump, then you jump.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


But ahead of production kicking off on the show’s third season, Stewart and Apple have reportedly parted ways over “creative differences,” and The Problem is coming to an end.

Though new episodes of the show were scheduled to begin shooting in just a few weeks, staffers learned today that production had been halted.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, ahead of its decision to end The Problem, Apple approached Stewart directly and expressed its need for the host and his team to be “aligned” with the company’s views on topics discussed.

Rather than falling in line when Apple threatened to cancel the show, Stewart reportedly decided to walk.

The Times’ report doesn’t detail what about the show’s planned coverage of artificial intelligence and China prompted Apple’s executive leadership to butt heads with Stewart.

But considering how pointed criticality is a big part of what ultimately made The Problem With Jon Stewart a hit for Apple TV Plus and how maintaining a cordial relationship with China is crucial to Apple’s future plans for growth, it doesn’t come as a shock to see the show hit the chopping block this way.


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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

reduces my loyalty to the platform

Uh? Wow! Way to show them bastards. ;)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, Jon. This country is owned.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

He knows. He's the one who's been trying to teach that to the rest of us for decades now.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now he and Hassam can start a new show.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It would be on brand for Stewart, but these last two weeks have thought me one thing: wait for confirmation and watch the development before reacting

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What has he said about AI?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Someone thought Apple was being altruistic by hosting Stewart's show? What the hell would you think that for?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well, I guess we’ve now unofficially confirmed that, despite the fact that Siri is still terrible, Apple is also investing a shitload of money in large language models behind the scenes.

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