I also subscribe to service. . . but they don't offer new releases or videos of movies in theaters now, do they? That is what was being measured and bought. . . or do you still deliberately fail to understand purchased Streaming Videos for which the tracking statistics I quoted specifically referred? As I said, it is what it is. You are not entitled to your own facts.
Here’s what I don’t get with you, Swordmaker: how easily you twist through contortions when your original point is proven completely invalid.
Two notable cases from the current exchange...
First Example
You posted, in it’s entirety: “Apple doesn’t need to. . . many of them are already on the Apple TV. Right now, 69.1% of all streaming on-demand video is already sold through Apple TV.”
Take note that all streaming video is, pretty much by definition, on-demand video. You *did not* specify or even imply any sub-classification of streaming video. You just posted an extremely questionable stat.
I responded: “*cough* bullsh!t *cough*”
You then tried to clarify: “Pardon me. . . transposition typo. It was 61.9% of streaming content on set-top boxes. Keep in mind this is purchased video, “sold”, not stolen, or free video. Apple users tend to buy their content while Android users tend to go for the “FREE” choices.”
Again, no clarification about PAY-PER-VIEW (the industry term) or STREAMING RENTALS (another industry term). So, you were still creating the impression that Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, et al were included in your “purchased video” since none of those are “’FREE’ choices.”
I again responded: “Again, Bullcrap. Selective manipulation of the stats. Obviously this excludes streaming services and is only looking at impulse video streams, which is a minor market compared to streaming services.”
This was an specific effort to point out how you were going after a small subset of the market to make Apple seem *awesome* when the vast majority of streaming services are subscription and not the impulse buys (combo of pay-per-view and streaming rentals).
And yet you won’t back down. You posted a crap stat with no clarification and you cling on to the bitter end. It’s shameful.
Second Example
You posted: “Can you demonstrate that Samsung’s stylus is anything but a piece of aluminum rod with a plastic tip? If so, please do so. It is NOT a live interactive electronic device at all, by any stretch of your’s or bolobaby’s FUD spreading imagination.”
I’ll save you the back and forth, but I think we’ve established that your command of the facts was extremely lacking on this. The funny thing is, you won’t let go. I’m specifically pointing out that the VAST FEATURES of the ALMIGHTY iPENCIL are incredibly useless to just about EVERYONE who will pick one up. A few artists may appreciate the ability to draw nifty lines, but just about everyone else won’t give a rat’s ass.
So, after proving you 100% wrong that the S Pen is not just a dead stick, you go BACK to the thing I was mocking in the *first place*! I get the fact that the iStylus is soooooo much more advanced. YOU DON’T GET THAT NO ONE CARES! It *will* be used as a “dead stick” by the vast majority of users, if it gets used at all. That’s why Steve Jobs thought these things were stupid ideas.
For the record, I never defended the AWESOME CAPABILITIES of my S Pen or the Stylus with my wife’s Surface - just pointed out that Apple is late to the Stylus party. And then, later, corrected the deliberate misinformation you spread about it being nothing more than a dead piece of plastic. Maybe it’s not as AWESOMELY CAPABLE *snicker* as the ALMIGHTY iPen, but it does what most normal users would expect out of a stylus. Everything else is superfluous and not worthy of any hoopla.
But you are desperate to make it seem like the product announcements are on par with the second coming of Christ. Like a paid marketer would do. And. You. NEVER. LET. GO. You just change the argument into something else, like the Samsung TV spying on you! *gasp*
You are officially incorrigible.
So why do I care? Well, I come to FR when I want to find out the truth about things. The information that the MSM won’t tell you. So when I see blatant misinformation, it really bugs me. None of your posts have even a whiff of objectivity, so you are no better than the MSM shills, except you are shilling for a company/product, which almost makes it worse. At least the MSM shills are shilling for a candidate that espouses their ideals. It your case, it’s a frickin’ phone.
You sully the truth-i-ness of the FR boards with your shilling. If I ever wanted to get an ACTUAL, OBJECTIVE analysis on anything related to Apple, I can’t come to FR to do it. And that pisses me off because this is where I come to find truth.
So, thanks for screwing that up.