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PSA: Apple One Premier Bundle Only Available in US, UK, Canada, and Australia
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The iCloud storage included in these plans is ridiculous.
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Exactly my thoughts. 2TB iCloud storage is £6.99 in the UK and $9.99 in the US. So how does $29.99 for the Premier Plan in the US become £29.99 in the UK ?
The Premier Plan in the UK seems more expensive than it should be, compared to the constituent components relative pricing in the US & UK.
I'm out, for that reason.
They do this to get people subscribed to services they normally wouldn't even bother trying. For example, I'm looking at getting the Premier Plan for Music, 2TB and News+. It'll also give me Arcade and Fitness+, which increases adoption - either I'll become an active user of these two services, or even if I don't I'll still be a subscriber to them in Apple's reported numbers. This way when Fitness+ launches, Apple will be able to report hundreds of thousands of sign-ups from Day 1, even though many (most?) of those users have no interest in the service whatsoever and will probably never user it. Others may decide to try it as it's in their bundle, and become active users tying them tighter into Apple's ecosystem.
Yeah, and the family plan would be OK, but with the 2tb. But that ends up being £27 I think (family plan + 2tb storage for a total of 2.2tb), whereas the upgrade from 200gb to 2tb is £4.50 a month. So a family plan with 2tb iCloud storage at £24.50 would probably be something I’d go for.
I agree, having Apple Cash in the UK would have been really useful during this pandemic when splitting the bill with friends. Apple Card would be nice nut all my cards are in Apple Pay anyway so not sure when the Apple Card would provide in befits over what I already have.
No, they don't. If they did that the EU prices would be shown as around €17-18 as prices in the EU are always shown including VAT/sales tax, whereas in the US they're shown without. So €14.99 less VAT at 20% is around €12.50 - that's the number you should be comparing with the US cost in $, and looking at current FX rates that seems pretty comparable to me.
Apple Music overlap iTunes Match to some extent, but not entirely.You'll need to ask Apple on that one but in my experience they are pretty good at recognising and refunding produce overlap gaps... apart from my iTunes in the Cloud that I ran for 2 more years not realising that service was also included in Apple Music subscription
Songs purchased from other than iTunes and are synced using only an Apple Music subscription are DRM protected. So if you cancel Apple Music you will still loose access the these songs, unless you have the original files on the original device where they were matched.
If you have an iTunes Match subscription (with or without Apple Music) you will get a DRM-free copy of these songs, and if you Cancel iTunes match you will still have access to these songs, provided they are download to that device or synced manually.
Apple Card relies on willing partners such as a bank to manage this, can't roll out to every country that easily.
Apple News and Apple TV are licenced based on location, so restricted to specific countries.
Same with these bundles, they can only be rolled out to specific countries.
Sucks but it is what it is.
I was looking forward to this since I already use the 2TB Drive & TV plan. Guess it's a no go for me then as my storage is already over 200GB. Thanks, Apple!
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Now this is interesting, I have paid for iTunes match since it was first offered. I had no idea it was included with the monthly music subscription. I still have a lot of music from years ago but things have changed so much that iTunes match is essentially useless as very few people actually download music anymore. Thank you for this, my match renews on NOV 14 and I will surely cancel it now.
I already have an apply music family account and 200 gb of I could getting the $20 plan is a no brainer to pay $2 more a month for tv plus and arcade
They don’t just update the currency sign. VAT is included in all EU displayed prices, whereas sales tax is not included in the displayed US prices. So in a 20% VAT country that €14.99 translates to actually €11.99. Which is $14. So prices are actually lower in Europe. You just have to redirect your blame towards your government for this one.
So in your estimation what is the best reason to keep iTunes match? is it that you get a DRM free copy of songs synched? I have both and as stated in an earlier post was considering canceling the Match as I no longer download music. I do have music that I add to my library from time to time if it is not available for free on Apple music.
I would bite if the Family plan included 500GB instead of 200GB (for that price). They really need something in between the 200GB and the 2TB tiers and that problem appears with these packages too.
WHY!!? Even though I live in Brazil, I can speak English!
They should just have an option for people who accept the fact that the service is in English!
Apple Fitness is a great deal with the bundle! Comparable apps are like twice the price of the whole thing!
They should just have an option for people who accept the fact that the service is in English!
Apple Fitness is a great deal with the bundle! Comparable apps are like twice the price of the whole thing!