A slightly better order: 1) sign up via itunes, 2) cancel, 3) watch.
Every single subscription I get I cancel the same day. Then you have 30 days to use it, and no chance of you forgetting.
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Apple TV+ Subscribers Who Join for Major Releases Like 'Greyhound' Don't Stick Around
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Every single subscription I get I cancel the same day. Then you have 30 days to use it, and no chance of you forgetting.
One of these streaming services should try a big discount eg ‘pay for 6 months upfront and get 12’.
Their biggest challenge here is that they're still really not churning out content quick enough, and I'm not sure they'll ever be able to without partnering with some other companies or services. The great thing about Netflix/Hulu is that when you're done with their exclusive shows, you can fall back on other well-known movies and shows, and continue getting value out of your subscription. A streaming service that ONLY has entirely new, exclusive/original shows, which you've likely never heard of, outside of maybe Ted Lasso and The Morning Show, is a really tough sell to the average person.
That being said, I think all of the shows I've watched on it are insanely high quality. The $5/mo. asking price is really reasonable, but also the lack of content lends itself to be easily cancelable when you're done watching what you want (likely why they only roll out one new episode per week for new seasons). In a few years it could be really great, and I think as such, Apple is treating it as a long-term investment. It's a nice supplemental service to have currently, but likely not anyones main go-to service.
That being said, I think all of the shows I've watched on it are insanely high quality. The $5/mo. asking price is really reasonable, but also the lack of content lends itself to be easily cancelable when you're done watching what you want (likely why they only roll out one new episode per week for new seasons). In a few years it could be really great, and I think as such, Apple is treating it as a long-term investment. It's a nice supplemental service to have currently, but likely not anyones main go-to service.
I am actually getting worse value from Netflix now. Haven’t found anything on it worth watching since Witcher 2. Same with TV+ (last show was foundation). Currently catching up to Mandalorian, and I guess that’s the seasonal aspect of streaming services. There will be times when it’s chock full of content (which was the case with TV+ late last year, when there was 6 shows a week for me to follow up on), and there will be times of content drought.
I pay for a year of Disney+ at a time, while Apple is smart to bundle everything together as part of Apple One. Only Netflix is looking the most vulnerable, it seems.
I pay for a year of Disney+ at a time, while Apple is smart to bundle everything together as part of Apple One. Only Netflix is looking the most vulnerable, it seems.
Apple needs to buy another streaming service or massively invest in buying existing content while they beef up their existing library.
It’s because they have almost nothing to watch. I have a three month trial from when I bought my iPhone 13 and in that time I’ve watched basically everything they have that interests me. I’ll probably check back once a year for Ted Lasso and For All Mankind, but I just don’t see how hanging onto this subscription is a good use of my money.
Oh, and also, it’s easily one of the worst app interfaces. I had to turn on high contrast mode just to be able to reliably know what’s selected, and my eyesight is perfect. I genuinely doubt that someone with impaired vision could navigate it.
Oh, and also, it’s easily one of the worst app interfaces. I had to turn on high contrast mode just to be able to reliably know what’s selected, and my eyesight is perfect. I genuinely doubt that someone with impaired vision could navigate it.
This seems like a lot of hate for a TV streaming service. I can name a dozen shows good enough to make it worth the sub. Sure Netflix has more content but most of us sub to multiple streaming services. It’s not a winner take all industry. I will give Netflix credit for their UI though. Apple doesn’t lose many UI battles, but it’s losing to Netflix in this case. Apples video player seems to always have the video info and mouse pointer up. Yes you can close it but I keep finding it active again. When I close my laptop mid show and open back up later, it’s not always at the same place. Shows don’t show up as Watched. Silly little things that Apple should be on top of. The content is good and growing. More importantly they are not canceling every show that is not Friends or at that level of popularity. I’m 100% fine with zero reruns. I don’t need 17 places to watch Seinfeld.
And if Apple could open the TV movie section of iTunes up to a Apple Music type sub then they would have built the Apple TV into a smart TV like we all wanted 10 years ago. The content is not owned by Apple and the people that have the rights won’t lease them because they all want them for their own streaming service.
So it’s mostly just guesswork, and based on creepy privacy invasions to boot.
I must be the outlier here, as I actually really like Apple TV+. I find the content to be more than worth my while compared to what Netflix keeps putting out there. To me Netflix is more filler, then thriller. Maybe if I had more free time to sit and just "browse" something to watch I would actually enjoy Netflix more.
My personal rankings are:
1. HBO Max
2. Apple TV+
3. Hulu
4. Disney
5. Amazon Prime Video
6. Peacock
7. Netlix
8. Paramount+
My personal rankings are:
1. HBO Max
2. Apple TV+
3. Hulu
4. Disney
5. Amazon Prime Video
6. Peacock
7. Netlix
8. Paramount+
I have an even more disturbing statistic: I purchased a new iPhone and with it I was eligible for a free trial of Apple TV+.
I didn't even try it out.
I didn't even try it out.
From the article, sounds fishy to me…
“Antenna's data is aggregated from third-party apps that help users manage their email inboxes or stick to a monthly budget, and it includes information from a sample of five million U.S. users.”
Every thread on multiple forums shows this way of scarfing up some good streaming content on the cheap and bailing. I think Apple + while offering most of its content in good video/audio streaming quality is easily compromised by the lack of older catalog library that could boost its usefulness for continuing subscribers. Advertising other content via other services channels is actually not helping them at all. Its like that is pushing dish/cable subscription's with premium channels. Thats old and tired.
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Apple tv was the worst sub and that was free.
HBO MOVIES are slim and geared for 18 year old Kids.
i have more 4star movies on my hard drive than them.
but we ned to realize there will be a lull over the sarscovid shutdown in 2020
that effected production of movies and tv shows this winter~spring months.
HBO MOVIES are slim and geared for 18 year old Kids.
i have more 4star movies on my hard drive than them.
but we ned to realize there will be a lull over the sarscovid shutdown in 2020
that effected production of movies and tv shows this winter~spring months.
Now that is a statement of yours I actually agree with… but don’t let it get to your head LOLThat's too stressful... better not watch at all
I agree with this, and because I get AT&T's Fiber internet, I get it free of charge. It's a great deal, and Fringe just came out and I've been enjoying that series lately.
That's why Netflix is now full of foreign-language films and TV shows that are either dubbed in English or available with subtitles. Most are mediocre... but a number of them are excellent.
Because you can sign up and cancel anytime. Usually I only sign up for a month of service when it has an original I want to watch and cancel immediately after.
Their content is awful. Yeah, you can join, watch, and leave, but if they had any decent content, people would stay. I stay with Netflix because they continually provide new content I enjoy.
Apple is steadily growing its Services division. It's a broad and deep ecosystem that keeps expanding not on the intent to take over the News or Streaming or Music or Books Industries, but to keep expanding over time. The Services slice of pie annually is approaching $60-$70 billion alone. In five years revisit yourself on this comment and either you defend it or acknowledge you have no clue how much Apple will evolve all of its Services offerings. HBO has to concentrate on just making content. Apple is developing and delivering end-to-end across their entire expanding ecosystems said content.
And Apple makes money off of other producers content they rent or purchase. There are third party relationships involved.
That was one of my New Year's resolutions. I let my Showtime and Hulu subscriptions lapse. I'd probably drop HBO Max if it weren't only $5 as part of my DirecTV Stream bundle. Decent value for a pretty broad, deep selection.
I watch a lot of PBS, so I'm keeping my Passport subscription.
I bought an iPhone in July and got a year of free Apple TV+. Haven't watched it once. I also never watched it when I had three free months via my Variety subscription.
Yes! HBO Max has an amazing and unparalleled library, including classics like Ben-Hur (1959) and Gone with the Wind (1939), the Rome series (2005), the Chernobyl series, the complete Harry Potter 8-film collection, lots of cartoons like the Batman Animated Series and the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. An unmatched collection of movies, series and cartoons.