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Apple One's Best Plan Now Includes Two More Perks For Free
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It's a cesspool of advertising. Settling for Apple's approach to News+ is a real "thank you sir may I have another" moment.
They really do their best to push everyone to the premier tier with that iCloud storage limitation on the tier below.
I’d quite like it if they span off the food feature into its own app. A place to jot down and save recipes would be really nice but also include the other curated things.
Personally I don’t want to read about how screwed up the world is every time I check what to make for tea.
Personally I don’t want to read about how screwed up the world is every time I check what to make for tea.
I would simply be happy if Apple One included News+, but when I try and load the News app here, it just says it is not available. This is the one feature I'd really like to be in Apple One. One day, maybe...
No doubt, it's really great. I used to cook a lot more, and loved it for finding new ideas. But lately, I just wasn't getting enough use out of it to justify the cost.
@CheffyDude - if Apple were to include food tracking - then they'd loose all that lovely app money they take 30% from.
I really enjoy my Apple things - but you can see so much of the potential of them is downgraded to give Apple even more $'s by selling extras - either through them or 3rd parties.
Content, too. The whole thing is a case study in Apple’s new services first mentality. Ship a barely usable app and just cram it as full of ads as possible. Keep adding minor add-ons and ignoring the core problems.
Nutrition tracking is part of HealthKit, and that's enough IMO. Let the app makers play with the features and UX, and keep the data centralized so that you can move to another app if you desire.
They should let you customize it more. Have no need for Apple Arcade, so quit adding that to these packages. I don’t consider the Invites or News Food benefits.
News+ needs to be cheaper, especially as they have ads throughout it.
News+ needs to be cheaper, especially as they have ads throughout it.
I like News+ quite a lot. Best experienced on an iPad like a digital newspaper. The only improvements it really needs are more publications signing up to join the service like NYT and AP, and of course, less (or at least more polished) ads. Everything else is just superficial refinements.
I'd rather Apple adopted a smorgasbord approach to the offer.
I've considered subscribing but the only the only services I'd make use of are Apple Music, Apple News+ and iCloud+ Have zero interest in Apple Arcade, Apple TV or Apple Fitness -- have never even signed up for the free offers that came with my new device purchases.
If I could pick just Music, News+ and iCloud+, I'd subscribe in a heartbeat and Apple would win me back as a Music subscriber and gain me as a News+ and iCloud+ subscriber. However, it will never convince me to subscribe Arcade, TV or Fitness.
I've considered subscribing but the only the only services I'd make use of are Apple Music, Apple News+ and iCloud+ Have zero interest in Apple Arcade, Apple TV or Apple Fitness -- have never even signed up for the free offers that came with my new device purchases.
If I could pick just Music, News+ and iCloud+, I'd subscribe in a heartbeat and Apple would win me back as a Music subscriber and gain me as a News+ and iCloud+ subscriber. However, it will never convince me to subscribe Arcade, TV or Fitness.
Wish we could still make our own bundle.
Me neither. This is strange IMO.
And Food+ is still not in 18.4 Beta 2 on my iPhone 16 Pro. Is it limited to the US only ?
It’s like saying Netflix includes x new TV series as “free perks” with their subscriptions.
“Food recipes as a service.”
The only thing I care about is iCloud storage and Apple Music. And if Amazon Music could make a decent app, I wouldn't even use Apple Music.
Netflix being paid for by T-Mobile is, in fact, free. My price never went up a single penny from the time before they added it until now.
First thing would be to make it at least 500GB or 1 TB of storage for the Family plan.
Guarantee you are paying for it. T Mobile has been lowering prices. Instead of lowering they are offering the bundle at the same price. No free in anything. Bundles hide the true cost. Especially true if one does not use all the bundle options. Remember the 250 cable channels.