Agreed, it would be just nice if they offered it in more countries.
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At some point, there's going to have to be some consolidation as consumers generally only budget and have time for a few streaming services. Disney+ is at the top with Netflix (though more and more people go without the latter) and Apple has the advantage of being included in Apple One with Apple Music and other services Apple users see value in. The same for Prime which people get for free with Amazon store privileges. The ones below that threshold are going to fight for the scraps and most won't survive. Consolidation will happen.
Paramount+ would be a great target for an Apple acquisition. Gaining Star Trek would fit Apple's culture perfectly. Technology, equality and optimism are maxims that fit both.
Paramount+ would be a great target for an Apple acquisition. Gaining Star Trek would fit Apple's culture perfectly. Technology, equality and optimism are maxims that fit both.
As mentioned previously, they've been doing this nearly every month, and existing subscribers (free trial users) are usually still eligible. Watch https://www.doctorofcredit.com/free...giving-works-for-new-existing-previous-users/ for updates.
Don’t do either, since Apple takes a cut of the subscription for no reason. Just sign up using their website.
I never did a free trial. I was paying the higher price for the 'ad free' version.
I would say that about all of them except HBO Max and Amazon. This is the downside of cutting the cable. The cost now of getting the same content that was available on a single service before is becoming staggering…
Do we still need to pay for ads on this service? Paramount. As I’ve said in the past, I’ll only ever subscribe to a service if:
1. The service is free with ads.
2. The service is paid with no ads.
You can’t double dip and ask a paying customer to subscribe and also watch ads I’m not paying to watch ads. This is not 1992 anymore where you and other cable providers did that to customers.
1. The service is free with ads.
2. The service is paid with no ads.
You can’t double dip and ask a paying customer to subscribe and also watch ads I’m not paying to watch ads. This is not 1992 anymore where you and other cable providers did that to customers.
Though I find myself frustrated with the writing at times, I think Discovery is pretty good and Strange New Worlds is showing a lot of promise seven episodes in--maybe the most I've enjoyed watching ST since Voyager went off the air. Like most Star Trek shows, it seems like they take a while to find their footing. I think people forget how bad TNG and DS9 were in their first seasons. I still can't get into Picard after a few attempts, though.
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Weird. I signed up for a week trial around Halloween to watch the new Paranormal Activty, Clifford, and Sonic. Day before trial expires, I cancelled it in my Apple subscription….and well…I still have access, never been charged once, never redeemed my T-Mobile offer either (since my access still hasn’t been cut), and I’m still enjoying South Park, Drag Race, Sonic 2 8months later. Still haven’t paid a dime ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Exactly, there is no Add Free version of this service at any price, which is ridiculous…
Wow. I was just looking through your Crave TV packages and they definitely do make American-available channels and providers look pathetic. For about $20-25/mo you get a ton of great content. We don't have anything like that here, at least nowhere I've lived, which is east and west coast and in the middle.
The US is so far behind just about every other civilized country when it comes to just about anything these days. Our Internet providers are at the top of that list as our offerings and prices here compared to most of the world is insane.
Netflix has crept up to the same price of Crave but Crave has HBO content and films just out of theatrical release. Watched The Batman on Crave 2 weeks after I watched it in theatre. Matrix Resurrections also appeared soon after cinematic release. Keep in mind those are $20 Canadian dollars so it's very well priced, considering before cutting the cord, I used to pay over $100 for cable every month.
I haven't touched Netflix in a long time. Just recently subscribed for the first time in years to catch up on Stranger Things but $20/month offers nowhere near the value of Crave. Netflix is in trouble in Canada if they don't lower their prices to where it becomes a bill you kind of ignore because it's not much. At that price, people are considering whether they need it.
I’ve been enjoying paramount+ a lot. Price is decent and they have a ton of my fave Nickelodeon cartoons and shows from when I was a kid. Pretty decent so far. So much negativity in here.
If you don’t like it, don’t sign up?
If you don’t like it, don’t sign up?
That happened with me and Beachbody On Demand. LOL. I have had free BOD for 5+ years now. Don't you love it?!
It’s a good service to watch the destruction of the Star Trek franchise on.
And Beavis and Butt-Head. The movie later this month, and a new series. And they are remastering the old series, with all the original videos (that in the past, got cut due to licensing) restored.
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Paramount group will probably make a deal with Comcast in the near future like what Warner Media made with Discovery.
Apple will never buy a 15B dollar company, these arguments are as realistic as the stories about Nintendo's impossible acquisition.
Apple does’t make big acquisition.