So no savings for you, but three extra services to access for the same price. Sounds like a good deal to me.
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New Apple One Subscription Bundle Offers Savings Up to $25 per Month
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Not really. As of today, that is the only Apple Service I use.
The thing is, I only backup the items that fit on each of our devices and documents (and the devices themselves) in iCloud.
The rest of the family items get backed up locally. I put in a 2TB SSD on my 2011 iMac and I back it up regularly to external drives (Time Machine AND Carbon Copy Cloner).
It's entirely possibly they allow me to upgrade my One Family Plan to 2 Terabytes of iCloud for less than $29 in which case I'd be saving money. $2-$5 a month isn't much but it's something.
i really wish they would up their icloud storage plans already. 2TB just doesn't say $10 the same way that 4TB does...
I was thinking about that just now after seeing all the comments about 50GB and 200GB. Can't believe we still have 5GB as the default option. Can't imagine that's really usable in any meaningful fashion right now.
Hopefully 2TB gets replaced, I have seen people mention they've surpassed 2TB and had to start making changes to how they use iCloud.
For sure, they are using the popular services to help out the less popular ones.
News+ I am sure isn't heavily subscribed to, but if it is now free with the plan they can market to publishers a larger subscriber base who may never open the app. Same is true for Arcade and Fitness+ (if it doesn't grow popular in its own right).
I have everything now. I can save more money each month. I only get one charge monthly. What's the problem. Don't like it? Don't buy it.
I’m wondering the same thing. Currently $4.99 for Apple music and TV+ for students. I’d pay $10 for a premier-like student package🤞
If a bundle matches what you want you are fine. Otherwise...not a good deal. If the individual didn't have just 50gig of storage I would have bought it. They need to start with 200gig. Oh well.
aha. listen, 5GB that you just get for nothing, i can live with. but inability to get the amount of storage i need is the reason that i still spend $1 on them, while i could be spending $10 and more if they gave me storage that is sufficient. i would be quite ok with 4TB, or a more expensive unlimited plan. but yea, when the cap is 2TB, it's like WTB...
iTunes Match is baked into Apple Music, so they’re giving incentive for people to make the switch or at least try out Apple Music.
For those wondering, footnote #2 reads "Savings based on standard monthly pricing for services purchased separately."
support.apple.com
Sounds like the only way to get more storage is to upgrade the plan itself? If so, I thought it'd be something like add $x a la carte, as having to upgrade the plan would mean getting stuck with more services you're not interested in.
Buy iCloud+ or upgrade your current storage plan - Apple Support
You automatically get 5GB of free iCloud storage. If you need more, you can upgrade.
Sounds like the only way to get more storage is to upgrade the plan itself? If so, I thought it'd be something like add $x a la carte, as having to upgrade the plan would mean getting stuck with more services you're not interested in.
Heh... I feel like an outlier. Apple Arcade is the only thing I'm interested in. Ofc that's not saying much... I use iPod Touch 5 (on ios7) and iPad Air (on ios8). I haven't been inclined to get new hardware just for that. For music, I just go on YouTube, or Sirius XM that's already covered. Don't have an aWatch for the upcoming Fitness service.
Annoying how Apple decides which services need to be bundled together in Individual and Family plans. I do not want Arcade.. and I've barely used my 50GB of iCloud storage. Why can't we choose what we want to bundle? I already subscribe to Music and would maybe pay for a Music - Fitness+ - TV+ bundle or maybe Music, Fitness, TV and News.
Like most of these subscription services they are fine if there is a big family sharing the cost. Its just me as Mrs AFB has no interest in these things, so you really get stung. Again a customise option would be great.
cancelled and don't miss it at all. Was only a value if you weren't doing Apple Music sub, in my opinion.
They are bundling services not many people use on purpose. They don't want you to BYO on purpose. This is like TV where you only really care about 8 channels but get stuck with 40 others.
It doesn't make sense why Apple won't do this. Families take a lot of photos and videos and they have tons of devices on one account.
Definitely getting Premier. I already pay for Apple Music Family and 2TB of Storage. Was off and on with Arcade and TV+. That $5 extra is a steal with Fitness, News, Apple Arcade, and TV+.
So, it’s Apple Music, $0.99 worth of iCloud storage and garbage services that nobody wants or needs. No thanks, I’ll stick with YouTube premium and music for $11.99.