Oct 2022, first price hike in 2 years (since initially offering). Modest 10% increase, wish my investments made 10%.
Oct 2023: 13%+ price increase.
Yearly? Ugh.
Oct 2023: 13%+ price increase.
Yearly? Ugh.
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Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases
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Cancelled my Apple One Premier subscription. Music (€17 family plan) and 2TB of iCloud storage (€10) are essential. I’ve watched complete seasons of about 75% of Apple TV+ shows and loved almost all of them: See, Drops of God, The Crowded Room, The Morning Show, Silo, Severance, For All Mankind, every documentary—you name it, I’ve seen it—but I don’t find it worth €10/mo. Maybe I’ll get it once in a while, binge it out, and leave. For €30/mo (and €32 still) Apple One made sense for me—at €38 it most definitely doesn’t.
If Jobs were still alive it would surprise me if Cook would still be at Apple.
Don’t change your habits one bit. Keep doing the same thing while expecting different results. And chalk it all up to unattributable “randomness”
We got a big “event” coming up end of next year .. one that could be more impactful than any of Apple’s
Hmm I wonder what that could be?
2019 - 4.99/mo Apple TV+
2022 - 6.99/mo
2023 - 9.99/mo
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When I tried removing some of the individual subscriptions that we didn’t need or used, it ended up being more money than the Apple One Premier bundle which is ridiculous!
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That's the best approach. Subscribe to the essential, then periodically dip into TV or arcade to binge consume for a month.
Well, I only use Appletv+ and apple music so the price is cheaper with the apple one bundle, all the extra people on my plan use them both as well. I never use apple arcade, checked it out once but was not impressed with the selection. I'd never pay for news+ or the fitness+. I do think apple music is getting a little expensive, another bump and I will rethink my subscription. This and Prime are my only subscriptions, so won't be a loss to get rid of either one.
This just reaffirms my correct decision to never have paid for any of these services. they exist only to hook and lock you in, while the prices will increase consistently. They even take 4-5 games away from my baseball team per season now, but I haven't caved.
I'll continue to find the content elsewhere.
I'll continue to find the content elsewhere.
Yea inflation needs to go negative for prices to drop. It's the rate of change in prices
I downgraded from Apple One Premier to Apple Music (student subscription - luckily had to do a short university course for work) and iCloud 2TB after the last price hike. I’m totally priced out now and can’t see myself ever resubscribing at £37pm.
Have three simplified tiers where I can choose which subscriptions and I’d rethink.
Have three simplified tiers where I can choose which subscriptions and I’d rethink.
Well just canceled TV and News. That’s insane and I’m not risking renewal at that increase, times are tough enough.
It’s increasing in the U.K. as well… I remember when I only paid £30 for apple one, stomached £32 and now it’s £36.95 🫠 gonna see if I can get it included on a deal or something. £8.99 for apple tv’s mad, that’s more than Disney+ now isn’t it? Reckon they’re gearing up for Apple TV with ads at £4.99? (Also don’t get me wrong Apple TV is my favourite streamer but still, I liked it at £6)
If Apple continues to increase the cost of Apple TV+ which will probably be $12.99 within the next two years I can see T-Mo trying to migrate you and others to a plan at a higher cost with no opt-out option. They showed their true colors recently and while it may have backfired a little, I don’t think their plan migration shenanigans are over.
The prices are already ridiculous in Canada… I have Apple One - mainly for iCloud - but Apple is really making me question if I want to continue on this route.
Wish it was just one thing where you picked what you wanted and then got a % off based on how many items you chose
Most people look at these 30-40% price increases as a negative. I see it as a positive. When google raised YT TV, YT premium, hulu, netflix, and now apple tv, I took it as an opportunity to cancel the services. Personally, I don't sit in front of the tv that often. Because of these increases, I'm saving $2000 a year. It might not sound like much, but I feel better not feeding these corporations my hard earned money.
All still worth it for me. Just my opinion. I watch Apple TV+ way more than Netflix, so I ditched Netflix. I really enjoy Apple News+, and the new crosswords. I do the meditation stuff and sometimes the cycling on Apple Fitness. Apple Arcade is the one I don't use much. Apple Music, I just want a big catalog of music, don't care much about the rest. I have canceled other subs, also removed some social media from my life, and kept this.