1) On-demand vs. scheduled content
2) Ad-free tier
Neither were provided by "old school" cable, and #2 still isn't provided by "modern" cable.
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2) Ad-free tier
Neither were provided by "old school" cable, and #2 still isn't provided by "modern" cable.
They're a $3.34 trillion company. Right now.
When there are no ad-free options on all streaming services, customers have no choice (except not using the service, of course). What I can imagine they could do is something like paying more to have fewer ads, but not zero ads.
Apple … just cancel this whole thing and get back to hardware and software focus please
What are you even talking about? How do you draw a line between not wanting ads in a service and being privileged? Look, everyone else is injecting ads into their content, and ads create a worse customer experience.. Streaming is the modern day broken promise of cable tv.
Also, it comes bundled with Apple One.. So, will I need opt for a more expensive Apple One plan without ads, or can I just opt out of Apple TV+ with Apple One? Not as simple as unsubscribing, is it?
But imagine when it gets to the tipping point of everyone doing that so they could have no ads, too. Then there will be too few customers paying for the service – so the service either goes bust or they scale back the content commissions and the shows you like disappear…
Why not pay for a product you enjoy/enriches you, which in turn pays the artists & creatives involved. Seems fair.
People need to understand the companies will always win at the end of the day.
True. But you get the point. They need to reach 3.5 or something like that next year. And then grow with 10% or so each year.
Free to air TV then yes ad's because it helps pay for broadcaster to buy TV programs to air on their network as well as paying wages and all other bills BUT a paid monthly subscription, hell no to ad's because in my opinion ad's on a monthly pay subscription is nothing more than the broadcaster trying to get richer by the day by getting money from advertisers and getting money from subscribers.
I don’t think anyone really mind paying the artists as such. It’s all those in between (management, shareholders etc) they don’t like paying. And these will always take a bigger and bigger slice of the pie.
But if you don’t pay, the artist will be the first to loose the paycheck.
Apple are already an extremely profitable company so the question(s) that need to be asked is where is Apple losing money or is expected to lose money over the coming months/years that they need to introduce ad's on Apple TV+ in the UK because Apple is not about to lose money and if it does it has to make up the shortfall somehow by increasing prices elsewhere or introducing something new that causes prices to increase. In this case it's ad's in the UK.
Apple must be losing money somewhere in their business to introduce ad's in the UK, because if not Apple will be viewed as a money grabbing parasite who's only intention is to get money and keep on getting money how ever and where ever they can.
Apple must be losing money somewhere in their business to introduce ad's in the UK, because if not Apple will be viewed as a money grabbing parasite who's only intention is to get money and keep on getting money how ever and where ever they can.
“Apple is exploring data collection techniques….”
Sounds like apple shot in their foot with campaigning around “privacy” in the last few years.
Sounds like apple shot in their foot with campaigning around “privacy” in the last few years.
Everyone is so focused on the ad-supported tier while completely ignoring the data collection part.
When is privacy not a human right? When it gets in the way of Apple making money.
If Apple truly cared about privacy, they would have told China to F off and not hand over the keys to their customers data.
Blog: Apple says it cares about digital rights. Unless you’re in China. - ARTICLE 19
Apple’s China compromise. Apple has sought to position itself as a global advocate of user privacy and promoter of free expression. But in China, where it earns a fifth of its revenue, it has done precisely what it has elsewhere called unacceptable.
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Can't wait to see how they try and spin this since they love to use that against Google all of the time.. My how the tables have turned...Everyone is so focused on the ad-supported tier while completely ignoring the data collection part.
When is privacy not a human right? When it gets in the way of Apple making money.
If Apple truly cared about privacy, they would have told China to F off and not hand over the keys to their customers data.
Blog: Apple says it cares about digital rights. Unless you’re in China. - ARTICLE 19
Apple’s China compromise. Apple has sought to position itself as a global advocate of user privacy and promoter of free expression. But in China, where it earns a fifth of its revenue, it has done precisely what it has elsewhere called unacceptable.
I will unsubscribe over the ads, unless ad supported is for free, like YouTube.
Luckily there's a torrent client for iPad now.
Are you trying to tell me that if people don't subscribe to something, the provider of that service will stop raising prices to win back subscribers?
So why then haven't the millions of annual cord cutters been able to lower the price or stop the price increases for cable tv? Cable tv prices go up almost every year.
AppleTV is struggling in terms of subscriber growth and total subscriptions when compared to the other services. I wouldn't be surprised if they made the ad-supported option free to anyone who buys an Apple product in an effort to boost subscribers.