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Apple TV+ Price Increase Announced
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This has been my argument for a long time. People complained about cable prices, but if these cabel systems just offered the streaming apps as a bomnus to subscribing, people would be happy.
I think it would justify the $300/month bill. You get the channels AND you get the streaming apps? Sounds like the right thing to do. Other than greed, I cannot figure out why these companies dont do it.
Because the money is in the publishing and rights, not the label. Having the same song across multiple platforms (Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, etc), gets the music played multiple times and (theoretically) should make the artist more money (vs it being on one platform, the way movies and tv shows are).
Oddly enough, think of it like radio. You hear the same songs on different stations. We don't have JUST a radio station playing SOny Music and another playing Warner Music. It just wouldn't make any sense.
Exactly, I have it for free through my bank luckily but I rarely watch it. Before the bank offer I would subscribe for a month to binge a show and then cancel.. I think there is only a handful of shows I’ve enjoyed with stick being the last one.
I really wish they could add back catalogue of shows and movies.
I am glad that I get it free with my T-Mobile subscription. With the exception of Schmigadoon, which I really liked, even though I don’t like musicals. Severance and Ted Lasso was good too. Not much else on there is interesting to me.
I wonder how that makes sense. Surely, the vast majority of people who have TV+, will get it via a free trial or in the Apple One Bundle. There's not enough content there to justify a full time subscription for most people (and at least 50% of it is polished but bland and shallow) - and the ones who subscribe to streaming services on and off are a small minority. But maybe it's about maximizing profits from them and ripping off people who forget to cancel their free trial.
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That's what I keep saying to the people who think they are smart by subscribing for a month and binging everything. These companies have their eyes on them too and will eventually catch up. I think there will be a bit more of a pushback with that though, which is why I think they are still trying to figure out a way to do that with the least pushback.
Those people along with the continual subscribers that just wait until a whole season or series are released are also the reason why a lot of decent to good shows keep getting canceled. It's not necessarily their fault as they have been trained to do it, but it makes a show look bad when these companies only look at a brief period of time to judge popularity and value to continue the show.
I'm also kind of surprised the music labels didn't try their hand at getting a piece of the streaming pie by releasing their own service. It was kind of attempted with artists doing exclusivity deals with certain services. I wonder why that is. My guess is that they realized how expensive it is to start, maintain, and grow a streaming service that it wasn't worth it to them. I wish these studios would have realized that too so that the market wouldn't be where it's at today.
It sounds like you just described the NYC Subway system. 🥳"Nobody buys this junk. How can we increase our user base?"
"I know, lets raise prices!"
Major vouch for US mobile. Been with them a couple years now and it’s fantastic.
I have several family members with them as well.
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In order to provide quality premium content, Apple must pay more to retain big star quality, attract talent, and to fund productions of high caliber types. That's why Apple is raising the prices again. You are getting what you're paying for.
Other services have lower starting prices. Sure, they may have ads, but I don't really mind them...especially since I only watch about an hour or two of TV a day. To me, it's not worth paying more just to save a few minutes.
Netflix: $7.99
Disney+, Hulu Bundle: $10.99
Prime Video: $8.99 (not to be confused with Amazon Prime)
Peacock: $10.99
Paramount+: $7.99
Apple TV+ for $12.99 is still a good deal when compared to other ad-free tiers...however, their content library is significantly smaller compared to other services, so it can go either way depending on how you look at it. If they had a cheaper ad-supported tier, I would drop down to that one.
Well, yeah...if you subscribe to every streaming service at once. Many people rotate between them. Subscribe to one or two services, get caught up, cancel, and move on to the next.
Apple TV+ is awful. I have tried it several times hearing about new shows that sound good but alas. Garbage.
Apple today raised the monthly price of its Apple TV+ streaming service to $12.99 in the U.S., according to 9to5Mac's Benjamin Mayo.
Apple TV+ cost just $4.99 per month in the U.S. when it launched in 2019, but the price has now increased three times. The price went up to $6.99 per month in 2022, and then to $9.99 per month in 2023, and now the service costs $12.99 per month. The latest price increase applies to select other countries too.
An annual subscription to Apple TV+ will continue to cost $99 in the U.S., and Apple One bundle prices are not changing, the report said.
The new price is effective immediately for new Apple TV+ subscribers, but various free trial options remain available. For existing subscribers, the price increase will take effect 30 days after their next renewal date, the report said.
In a statement shared with 9to5Mac, Apple attempted to justify the price increase by noting that it has continued to expand its library of original content, and it touted the value of its Apple One plans with multiple Apple services.
Many other streaming services like Disney+ and Netflix have raised prices in recent years.
Article Link: Apple TV+ Price Increase Announced
Enlighten us please with all the "garbage" shows and movies you have watched on the service.
Shrinking, The Morning Show, The Gorge, Foundation, Trying, The Family Plan, Murderbot, Silo...
So you Googled show/movies on TV+ and listed them. I am SURE you watched them all. LOL!!
Or “Pay me astronomical rent or you’ll be homeless. Oh and we’re making homelessness illegal too”