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And by a large margin, Apple fans - and even some employees - hate it.
The concept for the reality TV show is something like "Shark Tank" meets "The Voice." App developers come up with ideas for apps, choose a celebrity mentor like will.i.am or Jessica Alba, and eventually win $10 million in funding from Lightspeed Partners as well as premium placement on the front page of Apple's app store.
"Developers, they're the rock stars of right now," will.i.am says in the trailer, while wearing gold boots. One contestant gives the one-liner, "We're Ebay for the Snapchat generation."
The show will air exclusively on Apple Music.
You can watch the trailer at the bottom of the page. Here's what the Apple world is saying about it:
Paul Haddad, developer of popular iOS apps including Tweetbot:
Sam Soffes, who previously developed popular apps including the top Bible app:
Real Mac Software founder Dan Counsell:
Renaud Leinhart, Home app developer at Apple:
Apple blogger and Instapaper founder Marco Arment:
Jake Frey, an app designer at Frey Labs:
Dermot Daly, the founder of Tapadoo, an iPhone app studio, writes:
But some are defending the show, pointing out that perhaps Apple fans and developers are not its target audience. Apple blogger Rene Richie:
Watch the full trailer below:
I can't wait to see https://t.co/50qeVJsNkW doing code review. "You've got an unsatisfiable layout constraint, look at my gold shoes!"
- Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) February 14, 2017
Got an email from Apple asking me to apply for this. So glad I passed. https://t.co/pOU0QTMMvB
- Sam Soffes (@soffes) February 14, 2017
Apple should be producing amazing content like Netflix Originals does. Not this garbage. I am disappointed.
- Dan Counsell (@dancounsell) February 14, 2017
Today, I am ashamed to work for Apple. This is embarrassing, and not what we work hard for.https://t.co/9O5mjEGElm
- Renaud Lienhart (@RenaudLienhart) February 14, 2017
I'm sure Planet of the Apps will be a great show for all of those people who bug developers with their awful ideas. https://t.co/PORl3y4t1Y
- Marco Arment (@marcoarment) February 14, 2017
Devs: Hey the App Store has a few problems and its hard to be discovered. Can you take a look?
Apple: Uh nope but that would make great TV! https://t.co/IjYAc58XLF
- Jake Frey (@frey) February 14, 2017
"Planet of the Apps. No. Just No". https://t.co/Z67aaLH5xu
(Typos, etc on a postcard to me please).
- Dermot Daly (@dermdaly) February 14, 2017
Planet of the Apps: Not intended for "us" but for the mainstream. Or, now "we" know how cooks have felt about Hell's Kitchen for a decade.
- Rene Ritchie 🖇 (@reneritchie) February 14, 2017
"Developers are the rock stars of right now." - @iamwill #PlanetOfTheApps is coming soon to #AppleMusic. pic.twitter.com/K0VIoRxOs9
- Apple Music (@AppleMusic) February 14, 2017