The MacRumors Show: Is Apple One Worth It?

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Following the recent Apple One price hike, on this week's episode of The MacRumors Show we take a closer look at Apple's subscription bundle and each of the services within it.

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Apple One is a bundle of Apple subscription services available at a lower overall price. The "Individual" plan includes iCloud+ (50GB), Apple TV+, Apple Music, and Apple Arcade. The "Family" plan adds 150GB of iCloud storage and the ability to share with up to five people, while the "Premier" plan adds 1.8TB of iCloud storage, Apple Fitness+, and Apple News+. The recent price rises for the bundles are as follows:

• Individual: $16.95 per month → $19.95 per month
• Family: $22.95 per month → $25.95 per month
• Premier: $32.95 per month → $37.95 per month

We discuss our feelings about each of the individual services included in the bundle, looking at our personal experiences, what we like about each of them, and where they could improve. We ultimately weigh up whether Apple One is worth it and ponder what new Apple services could be on the horizon, such as Apple Books+, Apple Podcasts+, and Apple Health+.

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[Darth Tulhu]

For me, it is worth it. I have a family of 6 on the plan, and the cloud storage and music alone are worth it in my opinion.

Everything else included is secondary to me, but welcome.

 

[Cdmmdc123]

I really wish you could opt out of things. Apple news is what increased the price the most and apple news is not a service I see value in. I would gladly give up news to go back to the old price.

 

[hybrid_x]

I was already subscribing to the mid-tier of iCloud as well as Apple News. When the price increase to Apple News was announced, we decided to just go all in. I was a holdout on streaming music services for a LONG time, but now I'm really liking Apple Music a LOT. Just the ability to turn on library syncing gave me access to my whole music library everywhere AS WELL as the entire Apple Music library.

Is it expensive? Yes.

Is it worth it? For me, yes. But maybe not for everyone. Do I wish I could opt-out of services I don't use, like Arcade and Fitness? Absolutely. But clearly Apple has a lot of data to support why they bundle things the way they do. (Sounds a lot like the old Cable TV model of bundling specialty channels together.)

 

[japanime]

At the prices Apple charges, the amount of storage offered by any of these plans is a joke.

 

[robbietop]

So long as they don't bundle News+ by default, I'll be happy. I don't want news of any kind on my person.

 

[rhaezorblue]

So long as they don't bundle News+ by default, I'll be happy. I don't want news of any kind on my person.

News is probably one my most used apps - why would you not want to see whats going on in the world? Genuinely curious. I like it that it aggregates lots of good sources together in one app.. otherwise I'd be typing in various websites in Safari - or worse yet, be lazy and only get news from a single source (which is always, always bad)

 

[Amazing Iceman]

To me it’s no longer worth it. We are just 3 people, 1 only uses iCloud for backups and some photos.
I wish there was a way to get a lower price bundle and add the 2 GB storage separately.
Also, I already get AppleTV for free from T-Mobile. It would be great if I could get some credit for it instead of having to pay full price for the Apple One bundle.

 

[kjvmartin]

Cheaper to just get Music and iCloud À la carte

Never used the other stuff, family of 5. Cancelled to save a few bucks.

 

[kjvmartin]

News is probably one my most used apps - why would you not want to see whats going on in the world? Genuinely curious. I like it that it aggregates lots of good sources together in one app.. otherwise I'd be typing in various websites in Safari - or worse yet, be lazy and only get news from a single source (which is always, always bad)

I want to get my news from as independent and trusted source as possible. Corporate media is the death ward of journalism. Apple News/+ is too sanitized.

 

[rhaezorblue]

I want to get my news from as independent and trusted source as possible. Corporate media is the death ward of journalism. Apple News/+ is too sanitized.

Some yes, some no. Just labeling all them "corporate media bad" is just a generalization. There are great journalists at some of the large news organizations.

edit: You can follow most if not any news outlet you want in the Apple News app.. it is customizable.

 

[philstubbington]

Definitely worth it for us. Saves on gym membership at home, and means we can do a structured gym session when we’re away. Also find Music, TV and Photo to be good.

 

[Silencio]

Still worth it for our family. We all use the storage, our kid plays the Arcade games (and so do I occasionally), I read News+ constantly, my wife and I use Fitness+ at least once a week as part of our fitness routine, and we all watch various things on Apple TV+.

 

[redbeard331]

Overpriced. I got the individual plan and I only get 50gb of iCloud space? I’ve never even opened the fitness app or arcade, yet I’m forced to pay for them, all I want is music, tv+, and iCloud but there’s no way to customize what you want. I will be cancelling before the greedy price increase.

 

[decypher44]

No. Most of the items in the One package I get free with my Verizon account. The stuff I don’t get, I don’t want. Small family of 3.

 

[tooloud10]

I'm fine with the new pricing, and News+ is one of my most-used apps as well. I'm not sure that everyone understands how the app works though--you can curate your feed to show whatever news sources you want.

 

[PlayUltimate]

I want to get my news from as independent and trusted source as possible. Corporate media is the death ward of journalism. Apple News/+ is too sanitized.

you do have access to a wide variety of different news sources (magazines) . there is some choice.

 

[unregbaron]

Reminder to U.K. users if you are a member of your local library you probably have access to the Libby app which gives free access to thousands of magazines.

 

[PlayUltimate]

Sadly, we use iCloud( $10) , AppleTV+ ($10), Music ($17), and News ($13). Combined price is $40. May as well pay for the whole Premier package.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Not for me, and I REALLY hate that Fitness is only on the top tier family plan. It's my most-used service, and I (we) have zero use for Arcade or News.

 

[macos9rules]

It used to be worth it, but I cancelled the first time they raised the price. I will likely never come back, and may even cancel the 2 services I currently use (iCloud 2TB and Apple Music) if they raise the rates again.

 

[macos9rules]

Reminder to U.K. users if you are a member of your local library you probably have access to the Libby app which gives free access to thousands of magazines.

Same in Canada.

 

[AVEGA]

If I could switch out arcade for Apple care that would be great. I have a switch and 3DS with dozens of games . I’m good for video games for a while.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Same in Canada.

US, too. Even in my super red state.

 

[ececlv]

I'm fine with the new pricing, and News+ is one of my most-used apps as well. I'm not sure that everyone understands how the app works though--you can curate your feed to show whatever news sources you want.

I stopped using news when they stopped letting you block the feeds at the top. Certain channels i never ever want to see.