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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    I am questioning where I supported Chinese government policies here?

    Because the initial concern was pay, and that’s due to not understanding economic factors. I don’t support Chinese labor regs at all.

    In fact I said

    “Companies that appease the CCP are the problem” which I also thought was a nice little pun, given the show being discussed.

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      I don’t support Chinese labor regs at all.

      I wonder why labor is cheaper in China.

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        Two big reasons

        1: currency exchange rates

        2: China is sill fundamentally agrarian and industrializing, and many workers are looking for (comparatively) higher pay

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        The show that Stewart walked out on is “The Problem with Jon Stewart”