Spotify is still one of the worst for actually paying their artists, Spotify still hasn’t released the lossless tier they promised To release… back in 2021, Spotify still hasn’t implemented airplay 2 Support despite promising that three years ago, Spotify still hasn’t implemented HomePod support despite demanding it three years ago, Spotify still hasn’t implemented Dolby Atmos/Spatial Audio support, Spotify still doesn’t have a good way of organizing a library of combined streamed and personally added/on device music, and most importantly, Spotify already has been increasing prices internationally, and has already raise the price of their family plan, so it’s a matter of time before that trickles down to everyone.
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Apple Increasing Pricing of Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One
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The reason is, Apple wants to increase revenue. Simple as that.
All while adding more ads to the app store. Lol, Apple has fallen from what it once was. It used to be so premium and much better than the alternatives in the early 2010s.
Let's see if all the people who complained about how greedy Netflix and Amazon were for raising their prices by X% will complain about how greedy Apple is by raising monthly Apple TV+ price by 40.08% 🤣
Has anyone ever paid for Apple TV+? I'm on my seventh trial (or so) and never use it, because of the lack of content.
Just call the services Apple Music Pro, Apple TV Ultra, and Apple 🍎ne. Everyone will be happy again.
Premium services deserve premium names.
Premium services deserve premium names.
Apple Music sucks anyhow…the app is buggy and they make weird choices (can’t download radio shows or even bookmark them, can’t add an album to the library without also adding all the songs on it to the library too).
T-Mobile includes Apple TV+ in its most expensive plan, as well as Netflix and Paramount+ (with ads). So this makes T-Mo an even better value.
T-Mobile includes Apple TV+ in its most expensive plan, as well as Netflix and Paramount+ (with ads). So this makes T-Mo an even better value.
Honestly not really surprised, but still disappointed. With Apple adding more ads in their services, we get progressively less for more. Not very compelling
It makes premium more premium
The prices will go up again if it is due to that, but they know they can't hike it too much in one move. So a little here and a little again next time in the not too distant future.
Remember when Tim Apple didn't charge more for lossless music, but Steve Apple charged more to buy 256k AAC songs compared to 128K MP3.
Wonder if their price is about to go up for that plan
Wonder how this will affect people who have Apple Music & TV bundled with their phone plans in the UK?
I never have paid for it. They keep giving me trials. Though it is set to expire in 2 weeks so I may finally lose it.
The surprising part for me is that the price of News+, Fitness+ and iCloud did not also increase!
Thats why its always good to diversify. I use free Spotify with the ads and meets all my music needs. For video, there is the free Amazon Prime I get through work. I do pay for iCloud storage because I got tired of the nags. But this is the society we have become: rent, subscribe and gig economy.
Oh okay cool. Thanks Apple for reminding me to cancel my Apple TV subscription.
It’s easy to unsubscribe. Name an apple service that’s essential in any way. For me it’s iCloud and that’s all I have from apple.