The submitted title broke the HN guideline that asks not to editorialize. Please don't do that.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html</a><p>(Submitted title was "‘South Park’ Nears $500 Million bid for its US Streaming Rights, Apple won't bid".)
“One company that probably won’t be bidding is Apple Inc., the people said. The tech giant has eschewed controversial programming that could damage its brand, and it’s wary of offending China, where it sells a lot of iPhones.”<p>Did Bloomberg change the title or did the submitter editorialize? This is the only mention of Apple and yeah, Apple was never going to pick this up because it’s a TV-MA program and they’re not trying to go there with their streaming service.<p>This is such a reach for Apple concern trolling.
I had a feeling Apple was pushing for encryption and privacy, to be a counterpoint to Google's massive data collection. However, seeing how they are handling China (one could say, how they must handle China given their dependency), I don't know if that will be a selling point anymore.
South Park is a litmus test and so is subordination to the Chinese party leadership’s egos.<p>I wonder if we’re witnessing the shift of economic gravity center and if companies like Apple are running long term analyses of the costs of protecting their brand in one market at the risk of tarnishing it in another.
Matt and Trey should launch TegrityFlix (TegrityTube?) and show only content that is banned in China, launching with an episode about "Tegrity VPN".<p>I'd buy a subscription in a heartbeat.