> Apple TV is the only service that has its unique style of content i.e. movie quality production values.

Am I missing something? What about Disney+ and (some) Netflix shows? The Mandalorian and the Marvel shows have movie budgets.

> Apple Fitness is the only fitness at home service that integrates with the Apple Watch.

Not true. I've personally worked on the Gymkit integration another very well known at-home service uses and they're not alone.

> Apple Music is the only streaming service that has lossless, high sample rate music and international radio stations.

That's a strange specific qualification... Like saying it's the only red car with exactly 23.4034 gallons of fuel in it in the parking lot.

By that logic Tidal is the only streaming service that has lossless, high sample rate music and supports MQA?

> Apple News is the only service providing "all you can eat" magazine subscriptions

Nope. https://www.magzter.com/magztergold https://us.readly.com/

> Apple TV is the only service that has its unique style of content i.e. movie quality production values.

W... what? I don't even know how/why you'd quantify this, but Apple TV is not the only Apple TV. Or rather, Apple TV is not the only Netflix...

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If anything what your comment is doing is exposing why Apple is so ridiculously dominant when they dip their toes in anything.

Apple Music for example, had features no other app could have for years, like Siri integration (which didn't open up until Apple Music was well cemented)

So it didn't matter if the selection sucked, they could shove it down people's throats until it had traction.

Likewise, Gymkit is an absolute bear to integrate. It's not like integrating an SDK, Apple is practically entering a business agreement with you, and they have full power to stop your launch over icons not looking the way they want.

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All that being said, I use an iPhone, I accept the Faustian bargain, but let's call a spade a spade. Nothing about Apple's subscriptions is unique, if anything they're all kind of second place to other services... until you sprinkle in the insanely tight integration they have with the OS.

Gymkit is a system for integrating fitness equipment with HealthKit.

Apple Fitness+ is a service that provides videos about exercises you can do without equipment, synced to and from HealthKit.

These are not one and the same.

I had no idea what GymKit was after burning months on my life on it!

I said what I said.

An in-home fitness service using Gymkit to provide deep integration with streamed workouts.

Their non-equipment workouts work with Healthkit, but to have parity you need Gymkit too since Apple Fitness is not just about equipment-less workouts:

https://www.apple.com/apple-fitness-plus/equipment/

To that end it's more deeply integrated than Apple Fitness since Apple Fitness streaming content needs to target any Gymkit enabled (or really any hardware period) hardware of a given type with all the variation that entails.

This company is customizing the stream for a handful of Gymkit enabled devices which gives them more control over the workout experience

"unique style of content" is a strange way to describe a lackluster library. It doesn't even seem to be improving. There is not a lot of new content compared to 6 month ago (when I first checked). Unless you're very into one of few shows, it's not worth it. And it's not me speaking. They offer 1 year free trial! Who does this?

I have't tried other services, so I cannot comment. Although, Apple Music seems to be a disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8ZikfrpFU