Apple News Subscription Service Could Launch as Early as Spring 2019

[autumnpatchouli]

The internet & streaming services are subscription-ing me to death. Between TV, music, various news sources, cloud storage, password managers, Amazon Prime, audio book services, & probably more I can’t remember that get billed every month, the internet has become an expensive playground. Not to mention the $1300 iPhone, the iPad, & Mac to get connected to it all.

 

[johnnygee]

Does Reading magazine, as in this subscription services, make sense on an iPhone? I could see how it works on iPad, but iPhone?



That is assuming they will subscribe in the first place.......

Seriously, instead of Magazine, Music, and Video Subscription, Can Apple please make iPhone Subscription or Upgrade Programme worldwide first.

Reader's Digest, Nat Geo, WSJ and NYT all work fine on the iPhone.

 

[Bacillus]

“Premium” (and “Pro”) in Applespeak are is the lowest common denominators to flatter its target group (Joe Sixpack and his billion brothers in the street), which leads to a contradiction in terminis

 

[brofkand]

The internet & streaming services are subscription-ing me to death. Between TV, music, various news sources, cloud storage, password managers, Amazon Prime, audio book services, & probably more I can’t remember that get billed every month, the internet has become an expensive playground. Not to mention the $1300 iPhone, the iPad, & Mac to get connected to it all.

It really is ridiculous how everything is a subscription. I saw that Transmit - the classic FTP app, is now a subscription model on the Mac App Store. I can't fathom subscribing to an FTP client.

I have held out on subscribing to apps for as long as possible, but it's getting more difficult as time goes on.

 

[B.K.]

What does this mean?

One would assume any publisher that wants to be part of this can be, just like Apple News today. So what you see will be based on what your interests are. I hope this doesn’t mean more of Apple News will go behind a paywall.

It means it will be more expensive than $9.99.

 

[dannyyankou]

It depends on what services are included. If it has theathletic.com, I'd strongly consider signing up.

 

[ksnell]

Curated news is not the way. It will just end up decreasing trust in Apple.

 

[nt5672]

Having felt with Eddy Cue, he'd have to lose a lot of his arrogance to get this deal done. I don't think that's possible.
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It really is ridiculous how everything is a subscription. I saw that Transmit - the classic FTP app, is now a subscription model on the Mac App Store. I can't fathom subscribing to an FTP client.

I have held out on subscribing to apps for as long as possible, but it's getting more difficult as time goes on.

Yep, as an app developer there is no choice. Apple changes things so drastically that each year there is a lot of development to keep an app working. Apple does not care how much work they cause. This is also why a lot of Apple's own apps get dropped. Once the keynote is over, it's simply cheaper than keeping them up to date.

 

[Defthand]

The internet & streaming services are subscription-ing me to death. Between TV, music, various news sources, cloud storage, password managers, Amazon Prime, audio book services, & probably more I can’t remember that get billed every month, the internet has become an expensive playground. Not to mention the $1300 iPhone, the iPad, & Mac to get connected to it all.

Paying for content and services is the only incentive providers have to respect your privacy and reduce the amount of advertising exposure. Paying for content will force publishers and services to compete with better quality offerings; it will attract better talent and weed out the pretenders who are nothing more than marketing shills.

On a personal level, having to budget for your entertainments and resources will make you consider their value. Are they simply a pacifier for your boredom and a symptom of your addiction to your device? What better way to curb your addiction than to have a financial barrier.

 

[cableguy84]

I wont be paying for this

 

[diamornte]

Why subscribe to news when almost all of it is free somewhere else online?

 

[cmChimera]

Bundle New York Times and Washington Post and I'm in day 1.

 

[LeonHyperShop]

It's okay, there is always Flipboard and Google News.
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Why subscribe to news when almost all of it is free somewhere else online?

Because who has time to find them?

 

[lkrupp]

Didn’t Apple already try this in another form and fail?

 

[nutmac]

I actually think it's a good idea... if Apple can get big name news sources that it has been in talks with (e.g., WSJ, NYT, WaPo). Almost every news sites have paywalls, most big name sources charging $10/month and up.

So heck yeah if I can pay $9.99/month and access all of these news sources without pesky paywall, Netflix style.

To those who thinks this is a bad idea, raise your hand if you are paying subscription to any news services now.

Anyway, without big news sources, I don't see this service succeeding.

 

[gugy]

Apple needs to come up with a subscription model that encompasses Music, movies, tv shows,News, storage, etc for a better price. All these services being separate don't work at least for myself.
Bring everything at a reasonable price and I'll consider.
We live in a subscription world and the last thing I want is dealing with many more. Simplify it and give value is the key IMO.

 

[Justanotherfanboy]

No **way**

Not paying for Tim's "curation", havent been even remotely impressed.

Tim curates News now??!!
Wow, in addition to naming & planning the Holiday Party and everything else people have been up in arms about lately... I gotta say- love him or hate him, he sure does perform more tasks at Apple than I’ve ever heard of another CEO doing!!!

/s

 

[brofkand]

Didn’t Apple already try this in another form and fail?

They had a Newsstand in iOS 5 I believe, but it wasn't a subscription service - it was just a way to organize your piecemeal subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, etc, and provided publishers a way to charge for subscriptions within the existing iTunes payment system.

 

[Rogifan]

So what’s the point of this other than Apple wants a cut of other companies subscriptions?

 

[Kaibelf]

So what’s the point of this other than Apple wants a cut of other companies subscriptions?

Single sign on access. The same reason people subscribe to cable or any streaming service.

 

[foqus]

I would pay for it, for my grandmother (she has an iPad). For me, if they were to add Log Cabin Living, Timber Frame, other building/home improvement stuff like that, then I would join.

I would really like Apple to offer comic book subscriptions. They are way too expensive on Comixology.

 

[nburwell]

The internet & streaming services are subscription-ing me to death. Between TV, music, various news sources, cloud storage, password managers, Amazon Prime, audio book services, & probably more I can’t remember that get billed every month, the internet has become an expensive playground. Not to mention the $1300 iPhone, the iPad, & Mac to get connected to it all.

I was thinking the same thing. I’m kind of getting tired of the subscription model for services. I don’t mind shelling out for Spotify, Netflix, DTV Now and NY Times, but I need to say enough is enough at some point.

 

[Abazigal]

So what’s the point of this other than Apple wants a cut of other companies subscriptions?

Precisely so I don’t have to subscribe to multiple news outlets. With Apple news, I need to only pay one fee and I get to choose which news articles I wish to read, rather than be constrained by the news outlet I am subscribed to.

 

[Lowhangers]

No **way**

Not paying for Tim's "curation", havent been even remotely impressed.

Ditto. I ignore everything that involves Apple’s “editors” and I have zero faith in Tim Cook’s ability to present unbiased, fact-based information. I deleted the News app ages ago, and haven’t missed it a bit. I’d never pay for a subscription to this service.

 

[charlituna]

No thanks.

cool. then don't sign up for it. problem solved
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I personally am a Texture subscriber and love it, it would be a win to include newspapers. I think it is a great service.

i use Texture also and I'm intrigued by the idea of having a single app where we can see full magazines, perhaps as a channel, along the vast amount of web based publications out there. although I will agree that the Apple News app could use some work. i still also use Flipboard because I can read RSS feeds, especially my Google Alerts, and I can save articles into collections to reread later. if I could do that in Apple News, plus better curate my likes etc, I'd be thrilled.