You care enough about baseball to comment on a thread about it. I think you subconsciously like it. Baseball-curious, as it were 😎
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I am paying for baseball though. I’m paying MLB directly, not to mention I paid more this year than last year. I should have access to baseball, at least the Apple TV and peacock games.
The issue isn’t just the RSNs. It’s the fragmentation with their exclusivities.
Alls I know is, I can watch my local football team every Sunday no problem with just a live tv subscription, no sunday ticket.
Every time I see a game for the local baseball team it says it’s available on mlb but not in my region.
So I just shrug and watch football and reaffirm my opinion that I really don’t care about baseball. If that’s what they wanted, then mission accomplished.
Baseball was designed to be watched at the Ballpark whereas the NFL was made to be watched on TV. There's nothing better than to watch a Baseball game at the Stadium.
I am soo glad I have no interest in sports. It really does simply using streaming services, and saves a lot of money. One of the questions to those posting on cord cutting forums is if they needs sports!
Paying for an MLB.TV subscription is looking less and less attractive, even as an out of market fan. ESPN+ is fantastic with most NHL games and that model is what MLB should mimic, even though MLB basically runs NHL streaming media through MLBAM.
It’s showing up in the app for me (in England) but obviously the matches are a few weeks away.
This right here is the problem. I think, perhaps, MLB may be the worst for fragmentation with their games being all over the place. At least with NFL you know where the games are going to shown every Sunday. Not so much with Baseball.
The good news is that we'll have a choice between the "National" commentators and the local radio broadcast!
This would be little different than if Netflix decided to carry sports games.
You just need a subscription to the service, it’s not extra if you already have Apple TV+.
I like baseball and I was psyched for those broadcasts last year. The announcing just didn’t work for me. I watched it with the sound off. 🫤
I have zero interest in this and am not happy that I have to pay for the expensive license with my ATV+ subscription frees. Probably one of the reasons why they recently raised the price. Apple should make sports a separate channel subscription.
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Don't make the case to a fellow consumer. Make the case to them.
I'm not arguing their choices are right. I'm with you in wanting maximum value for my money as a consumer too.
They get it their way because most of us just allow sellers to do whatever they want to do... and we pay them anyway. Some of us will even rationalize higher prices to each other with words like "inflation" and "supply chain" etc.
You choosing to pay for MLB directly is directly rewarding them for whatever choices they make. You choosing to pay more this year than last year is further rewarding them for the choices they make. Those rewards are the most tangible measuring stick they use to decide if their new higher prices were accepted or rejected by the market. They can't even hear us whining about getting less for our money if we pay them more than last year anyway.
Let them know how you feel and expect nothing to change. Let fellow consumers know how you feel and they can't do anything about this either.
Or vote with your wallet and hope many others do too so that perhaps sellers do notice and care (about the monetary loss) enough to deliver more value for the money. That's the ONLY remedy for ALL of this kind of thing.
Big Bonus: by the masses demonstrating they value the money MORE than the diminishing product offerings, we also resolve the entire inflation issue too. Nothing halts price hikes faster than the market choosing to no longer pay. Nothing deflates inflated prices faster than little-to-no buyers at those higher prices.
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I don't know which is worse, your erroneous statement or that at least 10 people gave a thumbs up to this incorrect statement. Let me quote from the initial MR post:
"While the games were free to watch last season, an Apple TV+ subscription is now required, with U.S. pricing set at $6.99 per month or $69 per year."
You aren't paying $6.99 a month for just FNB. It's for all of Apple TV+, which includes Friday Night Baseball. And the Apple hate just keeps on growing, clearly based on ignorance of facts.
I don't know about your expenses, but all of mine are going up. Groceries are up. My gas bill is up. My insurances are all costing me more. The pet food I buy is more expensive. And on and on and on.
It seems you are suggesting that once a price reaches what you determine is a maximum price, then there shouldn't be any further increases, and if there are, then you are entitled to get something for free because of it. That may be how the economy works on Pluto, but not here on Earth.
I find all sports better in person. Hockey especially I love in person but it is so boring on tv.
Unfortunately pro teams are moving to corporate/network based broadcasting. At least hockey you don't have to listen to countless ridiculous/meaningless stats and empty dribble.
I hope their daily wrap-up show is better than last year. They have a weekly MLS wrap-up that gives me some hope. Last year, you had one clip of a woman saying "Welcome to..." at the beginning and a clip of her saying "Thank you for watching..." at the end and nothing but clips in between (same clip every show). No presenter telling you which game was about to be recapped and nothing at the end of a games highlights to give you the final score - so you could go right from a "last out strikeout" to the start of another game and not even realize who won the game you were just watching. It was *awful*. I mean, it was worse than nothing!
MLB Network does a great job with their "Quick Pitch" show and I'm really hoping that Apple puts some effort into THEIR wrap-up show. At least the new MLS show demonstrates they CAN do better.
MLB Network does a great job with their "Quick Pitch" show and I'm really hoping that Apple puts some effort into THEIR wrap-up show. At least the new MLS show demonstrates they CAN do better.
I agree for the minor league since the park is only 1-2 miles away, the crowds and traffic are less, and we don't need a loan to eat.
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Agreed with prices going up all the way. I’ve stopped buying too many groceries, no longer use gas, adjusted insurance services, and pet is not eating as much- food cut in half.
Back to the topic… This seems to be a subscription-based model now. It would have been nice if it was complimentary with Apple TV+. However, in that case, I’m moving to Pluto. 👩🏻🚀
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When did they raise Apple TV+ to $6.99? lol in my brain its still $4.99.... I have Apple One Premier anyways LOL
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Right! I thought prices will remain the same or be lowered but that does not seem to be the case. I really thought Tim Cook taking a pay cut this year would have helped us (Loyal Consumers) However, that does not seem to be the case. Maybe the solar electric bill is too high at Apple Park in Cupertino, California.
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Apple ****ing over its loyal customers as always. What else is new? Why anyone is surprised by Apple's greed is beyond me.