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Disney Offers First Look at Upcoming Disney+ App, Launching in November for $6.99 Per Month [Update: Will Be Available on Apple Devices]
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If you cant afford dog food, you dont get a dog
My guess is that Apple will position their hardware as the best option available if you want the best experience for their own services.
For example, Apple Music works on cheap amazon echoes, but you get the HomePod if you want Siri support (maybe you are spooked by recent reports about Alexa) or great sound quality.
You need an iPhone or iPad to consume the news app (assuming Apple doesn’t release an android app for it anytime soon).
iTunes will be available on other smart TVs, but the tv app will only be found on Apple devices, for whatever that’s worth.
Apple arcade features premium games not found outside of the Apple ecosystem. So if you care for those titles, you will still need Apple hardware to access them.
Apple card works only with iPhones, so again, you need Apple hardware for that.
So if you ask me, Apple’s services play isn’t about more revenue, but locking users deeper in the Apple ecosystem, where the real money is still found.
This is so much better than the apple TV+ rubbish.
Day one for me
Disney+
Netflix
Spotify
Done.
This is also on Apple TV and everything else including the switch which is awesome.
Day one for me
Disney+
Netflix
Spotify
Done.
This is also on Apple TV and everything else including the switch which is awesome.
I think the problem with fragmentation is less about what people can afford and more about whether they believe they are getting value for money.
For example, if you watch around two hours of TV on an evening, that’s around two shows or one movie. If you have a lot of pulls on your time, as most people do, you’re paying for a lot of stuff you will never get around to watching. This grows exponentially the more services you sign up to.
For example, if you watch around two hours of TV on an evening, that’s around two shows or one movie. If you have a lot of pulls on your time, as most people do, you’re paying for a lot of stuff you will never get around to watching. This grows exponentially the more services you sign up to.
This is well past it's prime but...
on topic, this is suspiciously well priced, especially compared to something like CBS all access
on topic, this is suspiciously well priced, especially compared to something like CBS all access
I would happily buy two MCU series (Falcon & Winter Soldier, Hawkeye) and the Star Wars Rogue One spinoff series about Cassian Andor (and rumored Obi-Wan series), but I hate subscriptions and streaming. So despite the good price, I’ll pass.
If Disney ever offers these for sale to download or on blu ray, I’ll purchase.
If Disney ever offers these for sale to download or on blu ray, I’ll purchase.
Disney is pulling all movies and shows off of every competing service, as their contracts with those services expire. You won't see any of those movies on Netflix or Hulu or HBO or Stars etc after that. And when new Pixar or Disney or Marvel or Fox movies are made you may not see those streaming anywhere but Disney. I have heard, but haven't seen confirmed anywhere, that you won't be able to buy/rent BluRay's of Disneys content after those license agreements run out with Amazon and other online physical media retailers.
Disney owns the 2 most popular animation companies in the world, the Marvel MCU, the Star Wars franchise, ABC and ESPN- and now Fox Sports. They also own the rights to The Simpsons and Family Guy and Archer.
Are you saying there is nothing on that list- and it's not a complete list- that you regularly watch?
Wiki list of companies/properties owned or mostly owned by Disney.
Nah. Apple's model is more like Amazon, they want a few tentpole original-content programming but they care more about being an aggregate. The big question is will Disney+ integrate with the Apple TV app or be a hold out like Netflix? I think Apple was wise not to reveal the Apple+ pricing.
Disney will be a major player in the streaming wars. Now they can price their original content channel based on Disney's offering AND Disney's cooperation with their new ecosystem/aggregator.
If Netflix is the only holdout by the end of 2019, then Apple's TV Apps will become a very desirable source of entertainment. That will give Apple the leverage which I think is their ultimate goal.
Can't see that happening. All this big push towards the service and then offer it up for purchase?
You're better off just subscribing to watch those shows then cancelling.
The catch-22 with the whole thing is they need this money to keep pumping into new show production. If you want new shows you need to pony up the cash. Works both ways
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Yeah - Disney have said this will end the Vault program. All back catalogue available all the time - no restrictions
Uh. What comparable service that has invested billions in original content is only $2 a month?
So will this have the *entire* Disney back-catalog? All in 4K? Seems very un-Disney-like, as they used to make a killing by SLOWLY releasing a new remastered version of each of their old movies.
Also, any mention of the average length of time they’ll wait to add recent theatrical releases to the service?
Also, any mention of the average length of time they’ll wait to add recent theatrical releases to the service?
You’re kidding right? Apple is looking for a revenue stream. This video thing will never be profitable for years if at all. Apple doesn’t do that which makes this even more puzzling. Plus the whole thing was about services growth. You don’t insert a loser to inspire that and is cash dependent.
I subscribed to dc just for its comics library. The video is a bonus. Apple had every opportunity to snatch them up. I can’t see Apple making acquisitions. They are very gun shy. Probably a good thing but it dooms this bad idea even more.
Apple would’ve been smart to stay out of it. They’ve got other problems to solve. I remember the intro video to their event. Nice marketing from years past but that’s not the Apple I see today. Especially for an event that’s sole target was Wall Street which was the first problem.
At 19 percent marketshare I’m not convinced iphone has peaked. I’m not convinced macs should be decreasing. iOS for iPads shouldn’t be this limited. It’s a lack of vision and innovation. It starts with Tim Cook needing replaced. He steered Apple post Jobs. Time to get someone with more vision in there.
Pixar would’ve been such a gem for the Apple+ service - to bad Steve sold the company...
If you truly believe Apple will only charge a couple $ a month for their streaming service, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in.
It’s been the planned name for ages... so if anything I’d say it’s the other way around.
That UI though... that’s very clearly lifted right from Apple TV.
Have you seen Avengers Endgame? It won’t be on Netflix or Hulu or Stars anytime in the future. Only on Disney. The next Star Wars? Disney.
Sony, Warner Brothers and maybe Dreamworks are the non Disney large North American film studios. If you plan on either skipping the theater or want to watch at home 70% of the blockbuster films coming out this year and going forward you’ll need to watch Disney.
Unless Disney does a quick 180 and starts negotiations with other streaming companies that they are in the final stages of ending contracts with.
Yeah used to... and now the landscape has changed so they're joining the streaming party.
Doubt it'll all be 4K though - no confirmation.
I read it'll be about 12 months from cinema to streaming but nothing confirmed
Exactly. Apple would need to have nearly 30 million subscribers on day one and maintain that level for a full year just to recoup $1 billion at his proposed pricing. There is zero chance Apple will take that sort of hit on the balance sheet. Apple has never been a loss leader with any of the product and services and this won’t be their first.