Hate the game, not the player, right. Hopefully, people will just not buy into Apple services (News+, Arcade, ATV+, lastly, that stupid Apple Card). Can’t believe Apple has bought into the banking/credit card gig. That is so low. Apple is where it is today because of their quality OS/hardware eco system which has provided loyal customers for years.
The Apple board members need to question Tim Cook and the latest services concept. There are enough banks out there taking advantage of people with high interest rates, etc that Apple doesn’t need to join in. Unless Tim has realized that Apple’s ability to inovate is deminishing quickly. Sad that we don’t hear much from the great designer J. Ive lately and other senior team members who seem to be seen less and less at the Apple events.
Apple support has always been an issue with services like these. What makes publishers and users think that this time it will be any different. Oh, that’s right, Apple just bought out their competition and rebadged it as News+. No inovation here with that move, thanks Tim Cook. Once Apple realizes that they have to keep paying people to keep working on these services to stay relevant, they will quietly shut them down like they have done with other services in the past. Other than Apple Music and AppleCare, what services have they continued to support long term? I can’t think of any. As best as I can tell, even AppleCare appears to be managed by a 3rd party insurance company and I’m certain Apple makes at least 50% overall profit on that service.
I say don’t subscribe and maybe Apple will get back to creating quality OS and hardware products for its loyal user base. You know, what made Apple what it is today.