• ChoiceIT@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    The main defense I would bring is Apple One and their desire to push people to it. 20 a month for services that would cost close to 30 individually is a steal if you like games and apple music as well.

    I don’t think anyone else besides Disney/Hulu/ESPN have a package deal like that.

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      1 year ago

      Used to be a steal, don’t worry if you still believe it is a steal, they will eventually fuck that as well. I subscribe to one family plan mainly for iCloud for the family and only me using Apple Music and sometimes I do use fitness + them increasing prices makes me just want to cancel the whole thing.

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        1 year ago

        I wish they had a lower tier family plan with Music, TV and iCloud. Fitness, News and Arcade are all kinda meh to me

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        1 year ago

        I’m sure they will. Just not there yet for me, like Netflix has become already.

        These guys really wont be afraid of piracy until it happens to them.

    • VALTIELENTINE@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah for multiple people using Apple Music and iCloud storage and the occasional game or Apple TV show is a steal. Enough so that I just pay for my whole family to use it and use their hbo/hulu. Dressing the day Apple raises family Apple one prices too high or those other streaming services do the Netflix password crackdown.

      Then I’ll be shivering me timbers.

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      1 year ago

      My problem with Apple One for the longest time was that the only way to get the iCloud storage I needed along with the few services I wanted was to buy the entire bundle. I really don’t care about Fitness+ or News+, but I need that 2TB of storage.

      It only finally made sense when I got on a family plan with my sister and brother-in-law.

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      1 year ago

      Well my Apple one is going up $5 so not a deal for me anymore. I canceled and just pay for iCloud and music. I can sub and unsubscribe from tv as I need. Had to give up Apple News but not going to pay extra for it

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      1 year ago

      lol, 20 a month wouldn’t even cover the backups of just my phone, and I’ve got more than just me to think about. Premier is nearly $40/mo now.