dont want TV+ or news+ what so ever.....give me apple music and apple video (movies) libraries and ill listen.
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Bloomberg: Apple Considering Bundling Apple Music, TV+, and News+ as Early as 2020
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I pay €3 per month for 200gb of iCloud storage and I pay $4 per month(!) for a digital New York Times subscription, which is ridiculously cheap in my opinion, and €9 per month for Videoland (dutch Netflix) and €10 for Spotify.
so roughly €26 per month for ‘my entertainment’. That’s quite a good price! Curious what Apple is going to offer, although I wonder if they will release these bundles outside the US.
so roughly €26 per month for ‘my entertainment’. That’s quite a good price! Curious what Apple is going to offer, although I wonder if they will release these bundles outside the US.
I’d like News and TV, but I just can’t bring myself to pay that much for what they have to offer. Maybe if I had an iPad to consume the News, iPhone is too small.
I pay for Music but I rarely use it. It does come in handy and other family members use it, but not that often. With a bundle, I wouldn’t feel as guilty about it.
It would also be nice to have one charge each month instead of the several I have going to Apple.
I pay for Music but I rarely use it. It does come in handy and other family members use it, but not that often. With a bundle, I wouldn’t feel as guilty about it.
It would also be nice to have one charge each month instead of the several I have going to Apple.
I think a high number probably took Verizon up on the free year of Disney+ they are offering as well. I know I did.
Everything for, say, $15-20 or so a month would be compelling.
Apple TV+ sucks, Apple Music sucks, Apple Arcade sucks, Apple News sucks, Apple sucks.
Apple TV+ is great, Apple Music is great, Apple Arcade is great, Apple News is great, Apple is great.
mods, just put this post in every services related thread and close down comments. This is the summary of every thread.
Apple TV+ is great, Apple Music is great, Apple Arcade is great, Apple News is great, Apple is great.
mods, just put this post in every services related thread and close down comments. This is the summary of every thread.
Same here, although I could see them trying to push it as a "Apple Content Package" vs an "Apple Service Package"
People don't want to pay $9 for stuff they can get from Google for free
nothing is “free”. I would rather pay than sell my soul to Satan/Google/Facebook/Amazon.
100% agree. Forums would be a much better place if people realized that no one cares whether they like something or not, but rather, are looking to engage in thoughtful and interesting dialogue.
How ironic that many of these standalone subscription services are slowly coming full circle back to bundles. Disney with Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+, Apple with Apple TV+/Apple News+/Apple Music, CBS All Access, etc...
I fully expect a "return" to one single cable subscription where the "channels" are "smart" as in they are basically just the apps we've been downloading on our Apple TVs so they have way more functionality than traditional TV channels.
I fully expect a "return" to one single cable subscription where the "channels" are "smart" as in they are basically just the apps we've been downloading on our Apple TVs so they have way more functionality than traditional TV channels.
I currently subscribe to Apple Music. I love it!
If they were to throw in the other two services at NO additional cost, I’d still turn it down.
Ok, maybe if they added TV+ for $.50, I might do it. But leave the “news” out.
If they were to throw in the other two services at NO additional cost, I’d still turn it down.
Ok, maybe if they added TV+ for $.50, I might do it. But leave the “news” out.
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Of the three, Apple News terrible from the interface, to outages, to slow loading, not Apple quality. Compare Apple News to Google News. One third of the bundle needs major fixing before I would consider purchasing.
Most bundles almost always include something you don't really want.
Whatever bundles Apple end up offering, expect News+ to be a part of it.
My guess: the bundle include all 4 services (with Apple Music Family plan) and it will be called Apple+ and priced at $24.99/month -- $9.97 savings.
If Apple and publishers want wider adoption of Apple News+, publishers should support "Sign in with Apple" to bypass the paywall (Apple will also need to provide support to verify News+ subscription status).
If publishers have their own subscription plan, offer only recent contents to News+ subscribers, along with an upgrade plan that unlocks full contents.
Whatever bundles Apple end up offering, expect News+ to be a part of it.
- Apple Arcade: $4.99
- Apple Music: $9.99 to $14.99
- Apple News+: $9.99
- Apple TV+: $4.99
My guess: the bundle include all 4 services (with Apple Music Family plan) and it will be called Apple+ and priced at $24.99/month -- $9.97 savings.
I think Apple News app is serviceable but I often prefer to use publisher's website.
If Apple and publishers want wider adoption of Apple News+, publishers should support "Sign in with Apple" to bypass the paywall (Apple will also need to provide support to verify News+ subscription status).
If publishers have their own subscription plan, offer only recent contents to News+ subscribers, along with an upgrade plan that unlocks full contents.
Wasn't the point of News+ that it combined may different outlets to increase diversity. I understand not subscrbing because you don't read the news, or feel you get enough already, and I don't argue that adding NYT wouldn't be better... but not subscribing because it doesn't have one specific source???
They might take the same approach Disney did with ESPN+. Disney/Hulu/ESPN is the same price as Disney and Hulu without ESPN+.
Sounds like you might suffer from location bias. Do you also follow news channels that report on your area but are not located nearby? How do you know if your local reports reflect the whole story without someone like Robin Roberts guiding you?
/s for you.
/s for everyone!
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Again Joe. Ugh. I can't keep linking to Snopes every time he posts a meme suggesting the constitution protects him from climate change teaming and minorities who want to give his guns autism.
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The fact that news orgs didn't insist on a no-bundling provision is a good demonstrator of why news orgs have terrible business development people and why they're all going out of business.
All the other sectors will have at least approval of any bundling that they can use to protect their revenue shares.
As someone who already owns all the G-Swift and Limp-Z albums I plan to get I see the music component of a bundle driving up my costs without adding value. A pick what you need bundle would be nice, but I don't see a Humble Apple Bundle coming anytime soon. That said, if they had a Books+ and Podcast+ service that added all you can read and listen to rival Kindle Unlimited and Audible....
Cause remember they sell text and audio books and neither of those have a + version yet!
People don't want to pay $9 for stuff they can get from Google for free
Hence why ESPN+ doesn't drive up the Disney/Hulu bundle.
If you are using annual billing, Disney bundle's $12.99/month isn't quite as generous:
- Disney+: $69.99
- ESPN+: $49.99
- Hulu: N/A (only offer monthly)
The "cheapest" bundle isn't even Disney bundle. If you signed up for Disney+ with D23, you prepaid for 3 years of Disney+ at $47/year. Combine that with annual ESPN+ plan ($49.99/year) and you will get $5.99/month credit toward Hulu (which you can use toward ad-free plan as well). That comes to $8.08/month.