Are We Free From Price Increases to Apple Services This Year?

[MacRumors]

Apple announced price increases for some of its subscription-based services on October 24, 2022, and again on October 25, 2023, but no such announcement has been made as the same week of October comes to an end this year. Hopefully, that means no price increases are planned for the likes of Apple Music and Apple TV+ this year, but knock on wood.

Here are the current monthly prices of Apple's services in the U.S.:

• Apple News+: $12.99 per month
• Apple Music: $10.99 per month
• Apple TV+: $9.99 per month
• Apple Fitness+: $9.99 per month
• Apple Arcade: $6.99 per month

Apple One subscription bundle prices have not changed either.

Take this as a bit of good news on a Friday, or we reminded Apple that it still needs to increase prices and we will forever regret publishing this story.

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[3304614]

Doesn’t matter. You just cancel and later you get multiple free months of whatever service you want. Everyone here knows that. 😂

 

[FSMBP]

I sure hope so...I've been cancelling my subscriptions left and right - raising the price will just give me an excuse to.

 

[Ctrlos]

$10.99 a month for Apple music is the same as one album purchase a month which gives your favourite artist more of the cut.

 

[hagar]

Let’s hope Tim doesn’t read this article.

 

[kagharaht]

I have the family shared plan. So this is an awesome deal. Even if they raise it a bit, its still a great deal.

 

[gtmead09]

The last increase made it an easier decision to downgrade. While only a few bucks, Arcade and Apple TV+ isn’t worth it. Reduced back to iCloud and Music only to save some money per month.

 

[Carlson-online]

Let’s hope Tim doesn’t read this article.

They are totally tempting fate aren’t they.

Better to say nothing

 

[vertsix]

 

[dialogos]

$10.99 a month for Apple music is the same as one album purchase a month which gives your favourite artist more of the cut.

Just out of curiosity, is this the new ‘it’s just a cup of coffee’? 🤷🏻‍♂️😀

 

[lenningj]

what a title 😆

 

[orbital~debris]

this year, but knock on wood.

"Siri, play 'Knock on Wood' by Eddie Floyd" 🎶

EDIT: and  still get the cash 😳😅

 

[citysnaps]

Still a great deal for *instant* all-you-can-eat music in any genre, with Apple's library of more than 100 million stream on demand songs.

Many people think inflation and higher prices only happens to *them*. Not realizing it also affects tech companies like Apple. Apple's 160,000+ employees need to have yearly raises and better benefits - just as one of many examples of overhead costs Apple incurs. Apple as a company is certainly not immune to inflation.

 

[Radeon85]

Better not be any, because prices everywhere are getting ridiculous.

 

[Christoffee]

I have the family shared plan. So this is an awesome deal. Even if they raise it a bit, its still a great deal.

I share it with the children in my house, an adult child, and my mum. It’s great when you can sort out the family.

 

[DunedinD]

Well now you’ve jinxed it for all of us. Thanks, mister! ;-)

 

[mcru21]

well, now you've jinxed it

 

[Jarman74]

Actually it’s the other way around — it’s Apple that’s pushing their luck. I subscribed to Apple TV when it was priced at 49 bucks, renewed when it increased to 69, and canceled when it went up to 99. In just a couple of years, the price doubled without doubling the perceived value — their loss.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

$10.99 a month for Apple music is the same as one album purchase a month which gives your favourite artist more of the cut.

Or buy the CD, sometimes direct from the artist, rip it yourself at higher quality settings than Apple chooses for you (if you like), and basically cut Apple's take completely out of the transaction. Way back at the beginning, Apple encouraged exactly this action... so you would be doing what Apple encouraged themselves at one point...

 

[lenningj]

won't need a apple music subscription when we can just ask ai to generate a playlist of songs to rot the mind to.

 

[Expos of 1969]

While I am often critical of Apple, the price of Apple Music is a heck of a deal. Years ago I was paying about $20 for a new CD. I listen to music a lot and now for half the price of a CD I get access to a huge library for as many hours a day as I wish.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Still a great deal for *instant* all-you-can-eat music in any genre, with Apple's library of more than 100 million stream on demand songs.

Many people think inflation and higher prices only happens to *them*. Not realizing it also affects tech companies like Apple. Apple's 600,000+ employees need to have yearly raises and better benefits - just as one of many examples of overhead costs Apple incurs. Apple as a company is certainly not immune to inflation.

And yet their margin they report themselves has grown throughout the inflation/covid/supply chain period from the traditional 38%-40% long-term target to now nearing 50%. Based on the trend during this time, it shouldn't be very long until it IS 50%.

Consumer inflation and Margin inflation are almost complete opposites. One further empties wallets and the other fattens them. While inflation made Apple consumers feel like they were getting less for their money, it was the period in which Apple became "richest company in the world." I'd like to have that kind of net effect from a period of high inflation myself.

BUT, I agree that Apple is not immune to inflation. They appear to pass on inflated costs... and then some... and are not the only corporation who did so. I don't blame them since consumers just roll over and pay more and more and/or accept subtraction of features & benefits at the "same great price" if not higher... but I wouldn't frame the inflation "pain" as comparable when seller just gets fatter and fatter while buyer ribs increasingly show.

 

[CasinoOwl]

I think we are all weary of price increases. It's not standard to raise prices every year. Many companies got greedy after they saw we would pay more after covid inflation, but many of us are done - tapped out.

 

[webkit]

$10.99 a month for Apple music is the same as one album purchase a month which gives your favourite artist more of the cut.

$10.99/month for Apple Music can also give more artists a cut instead of just the one tied to the CD. Due to access to a wider range of artists/music with a streaming service, people are more likely to explore and listen to a wider range of artists and "albums."

 

[iObama]

I've cancelled Max, Peacock, Hulu, Netflix, and Apple TV+ in favor of a Plex server this year.

Any more I need to add to the list, Apple?