Of course, hope was deceptive. With a Netflix and Amazon Prime subscription, I thought a few years ago, I would have at least covered the biggest chunk of my streaming needs. A few shows here, a few comedy specials there - and the rest would flash anyway in the near times through the Free-TV. Looking back, I realize: It was the calm before the storm.
When Apple TV + launches on Friday, as well as Disney + in just a few months, the conflict known as "streaming wars" is entering a hot phase. If you're up for something, you'll need € 4.99 a month - at least. The contested market is expected to fray even further, driving the "Avengers" into the one corner of the Internet, "Friends" in the other and consumers have to make a difficult decision: How many subscriptions does your own wallet? Two? Three? No?
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The increasing fragmentation of the video offer but also for the providers is expensive: In order to be dangerous to the spending-minded market leader Netflix, Apple and Disney are investing huge sums of money. One of the upcoming Marvel series is expected to cost up to $ 25 million per episode, the Apple series "See" with Jason Mamoa just under 15 to 17 million per episode. Whether the issues are sustainable depends on who comes out victorious at the end of the material battle.
Netflix, so much to say, is likely to survive bubble bursting - assuming its subscribers perceive the competition as a supplement rather than a substitute. Disney + could become a kind of emotional comfort zone among the streaming services, and Apple TV + the star-studded premium service for special evenings. So there would be a service for every mood - but only for those who can afford it.
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Strange digital world: from user to mediator
On my smartphone there is a folder that I have named "Mobility". In it are twelve different apps of services that theoretically bring me from A to B: Among other things, I have stored there three de facto taxi services (Uber, Moia, FreeNow). And five apps for adventurous e-scooter rides.
I've tried every service at least once, but mostly I cycle. That's why the apps have long since ceased to benefit me, but more and more to my friends and friends, who ask me for digital support: "Anton, do you order me a van for the move?" Of course, by Miles or GetAround, pre-installed for such emergencies. Can it be a CleverShuttle for the way to the transporter? Not a problem. I nod my identity to the driver and follow my friends by bicycle.
The effect: Within a short time I was degraded by the user of my "Mobility" -Apps to the low-paid intermediary. And before assessing the ride I have to ask my friends for help - after all, I was not there.
App of the Week: "Postbox"
tested by Tobias Kirchner
Google Creative Lab
If you are not constantly annoyed by notifications or want to get a better overview, Postbox could find a helpful app. She collects all notifications and prepares them. You can specify how often you want to get these updates sent.
A pity is that the notifications do not lead directly to the content, but only the app is opened. Apart from that, Postbox is a simple and useful app that presents messages clearly and avoids losing track during the day. Instead, you can specifically control when you want to receive notifications.
Free, from Google Creative Lab: Android
Foreign links: Three tips from other media
- "How Pedophiles Manipulate Children on YouTube" (video, approximately 23 minutes): When YouTube came to be misused by pedophile criminals, the company announced changes earlier this year. The "funk" format "follow me.reports" shows what dangers still prevail for children - even in Germany. To read also here at "Time Online".
- "Computer poetry - 'and no angel is beautiful'" (about seven minutes of reading): Almost daring nerdy is a text on "Süddeutsche.de" about the first German poems from the computer 60 years ago. The verdict on machine-made art: "The rhythm is staccato-like, the diction affirmative, grammatically the sentences are correct."
- "Facebook age video to make people invisible to facial recognition" (Approximately seven minutes of reading): Just Facebook wants to give people back their privacy - by the company "de-identified" portraits by artificial intelligence. Are these the first morally sound deepfakes?
I wish you a nice week
Anton Rainer
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