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Apple Offers 54% Off Apple TV+ for Two Months to Stop Cancellations
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Money grabbing tossers, if they can afford to offer it for 50% off for two months, then they can afford to not increase the price. And that goes for all steaming services.
Apple TV+ does not have the breadth and depth of content that’s worth subscribing to. It didn’t 2 years ago, and it still doesn’t.
I dropped Binge, Paramount and a couple of others for the same reason
Currently have Netflix, Prime and Disney. 3 is enough.
I dropped Binge, Paramount and a couple of others for the same reason
Currently have Netflix, Prime and Disney. 3 is enough.
I am a subscriber to nearly all major streaming services, and among them, I find + to be the best choice for high-quality content.
I really hope enough people cancel so they are making less than they were before the price hike. Same goes for all the other services.
Wish they'd just merge with another streamer. TV+ is not something you stay subscribed to. You watch the one or two shows you're interested in and then cancel. I get that they're going for quality over quantity, but it's existed for almost six years now and is still mostly the same catalog, with a bunch of follow-up seasons that aren't as good as the first seasons.
Lame? Apple TV plus is one of the most premium streamers around. The pretty much taken HBO maxs crown. Their only issue is they are still young and there’s not enough content to keep people long term. But this is similar for most streamers. They his pad their offerings with cheap banal content.
It seems nothing in your life's decisions are based on principle. That's too bad because what that gets everyone is perpetual and frequent price increases.
9.99 I was in for sometimes. Anymore and there are other services I prefer. Apple is spending too much on movies lol gotta pay somehow
The resources were already there and being used as they are all different departments with their own allocated budgets. One doesn’t eat into the other. Did you think they all had the same budget to work from?
I got the discount for 2 months, and plan on switching to annual at that time...hopefully they don't raise the annual rate ($99) before then!
Apple TV+ is free with my account, yet somehow I still feel like I’m being overcharged.
Honestly I’d rather scroll through YouTube comments than sit through their catalogue. Too politically correct, too thin.
Honestly I’d rather scroll through YouTube comments than sit through their catalogue. Too politically correct, too thin.
Tim Cook's Apple is just full of recurring cost dark patterns.
I have no idea how anyone can defend user-hostile practices like these.
I have no idea how anyone can defend user-hostile practices like these.
Just fold the tent and give up, Apple - you can’t sustain that sad service on free trials forever.
Apple is aiming to keep Apple TV+ subscribers from canceling, offering a discounted subscription when customers threaten to stop paying.
If you cancel your Apple TV+ subscription, you may see a pop-up that drops the price of Apple TV+ to $5.99 for the next two months, before the $12.99 per month cost resumes. Apple appears to have started offering the discount in the last few days.
Apple recently increased the price of Apple TV+ to $12.99 per month in the United States, so the offer for a temporarily discounted subscription may be aimed at those who are canceling their subscriptions due to the price hike.
Apple is still charging $99 for an annual subscription, so there is an option to get a lower price when subscribing for a full year. Apple also has not changed the price of its Apple One bundles.
Customers who want to get the $5.99 deal without continuing to pay $12.99 should make sure to cancel after the second $5.99 monthly charge. Opting in to the discounted offer today would mean the $12.99 price would resume in November.
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Everything keeps getting more expensive and salaries are not. A three dollars increase per month is 36 dollars per year.
And if four or five companies increase their price by three dollar per month, then it's basically the same cost as one service by itself. If five services each have their own price increase of three dollars per month, over a whole year it's an extra 180 dollars. It all adds up.
And what are people going to cut? Not their food budget because eating is a necessity.
Apple TV+ is just a streaming service, a luxury. You can absolutely live without that.
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The stand you’re making won’t make the difference you’re hoping it will
The same people that will gladly go spend $100+ every weekend at restaurants and bars then complain they’re “too broke” for a small price increase.
If a little nickeling and diming is enough to make you mad, you have a personal money issue.
People need to get their money up. That’s all i’m going to say since I’ve probably already offended half the people on this forum.
Maybe the fact you apply politics to everything is what ruins it for you. Some people are so critical about movies that they can't just sit back and enjoy it without analyzing every aspect of the production and plot.
I canceled it. Sure, it’s only a few bucks, but a few here and there on every bill really adds up. Time to cut out the non-essentials. Besides, Apple’s content doesn’t offer much that interests me anyway.
You must cheer when you see gas prices go up 20 cents a gallon. Lucky you!
Many (let's call them middle Americans which may not include you) do have limited discretionary spending each month. If they choose to spend that at a restaurant, that's their choice. But imagine if everything we all pay for every month went up $1/mo, every month. $1 you say? Doesn't sound like much until everyone is doing it. And that's where the consumer says no. I won't pay a forced 3% fee at a restaurant for "rising costs". Raise the menu price of the items or absorb the rising costs like everyone else.