Silo is a TV collection based mostly on the trilogy of books by Hugh Howey. (Image: Apple)
Apple has uploaded the primary episode of sci-fi collection Silo on its Apple TV Twitter account. It is free to look at, however how did they add an hour-lengthy episode on Twitter? Here’s the reply.
Apple has uploaded the primary episode of its Sci-Fi authentic TV collection—Silo—to its Apple TV Twitter deal with. This signifies that anybody with a Twitter account can watch the primary episode of the TV present without spending a dime—with out paying a dime for Apple TV+. However, this raises the query of how Apple was in a position to add the ‘Freedom Day’ episode, which has a run time of greater than an hour, on Twitter.
Simply put, this was solely potential as a result of Twitter Blue’s function, which permits paying subscribers to add lengthy movies in 1080p decision.
Musk, who was the brains behind the current overhaul at Twitter after buying the micro-running a blog platform for a whopping $45 billion final yr, mentioned, “Watch the entire first episode on this platform. Great move by Apple.” Users have been utilizing this Twitter Blue function to add lengthy format content material ever because the function was made extensively accessible.
Watch your complete first episode on this platform. Great transfer by Apple!Note, you possibly can Airplay out of your iPhone to TV to look at on a giant display screen. https://t.co/fV7DEJv96Q
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023
What’s humorous is the truth that Apple was one of many first main firms to “mostly stop advertising on Twitter” when misinformation unfold all through the platform in the course of the introduction of the revamped Twitter Blue, which granted the flexibility to acquire a ‘blue tick’ so long as you have been a paying subscriber. “Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter,” Musk mentioned when Apple threatened to withhold the social media large from its App Store again in November 2022.
Twitter Blue is a paid subscription service which presents a wide range of options—together with the flexibility to publish lengthy movies, get a blue checkmark, edit tweets, publish lengthy tweets, and attain a wider viewers. It prices Rs 650/month on the net, Rs 900/month on iOS or Android, or Rs 6,800/yr on the net or Rs 9,400/yr on Android or iOS. We advocate buying the subscription on the net so as to apply it to any machine—together with iOS or Android.
Silo is predicated on a e book trilogy by Hugh Howey titled Wool, Shift and Dust. It stars Rebeccca Ferguson as Julietter Nichols, Tim Robbins as Bernard Holland, David Oyelowo as Holston Becker, and Common as Robert Sims. The finale episode of the primary season is ready to air on the approaching Friday.
