Summary

Apple TV+ is my weirdest subscription service.

Shows I would never have known about if I wasn’t a sci-fi nerd.

For a company that’s a marketing giant, Apple TV+ is weirdly mishandled, don’t you think?

Screenshot from Ted Lasso on Apple TV+

Apple

Compare that to Netflix, whereover half of the US Netflix librarynow consists of Netflix Original content.

That means Netflix isn’t far short of having nearly 4000 original titles.

So Apple’s lineup is tiny compared to the big dogs, but their approach is certainlyquality over quantity.

Masters of the Air TV Show Poster showing Austin Butler and Several Air Pilots in World War II Uniforms

Apple

Apple is focusing on making prestige TV and films, and it really shows in the current programs.

I don’t think if we measured programming caliber-for-caliber, the comparative libraries would be so different in size.

I would never have discoveredSeveranceif someone on my social media didn’t rave about it.

Colored lights behind a Smart TV with Apple TV open

Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek