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Apple TV+ wil launch in November for $4.99/month
- dzader 7y agohave to say I was pretty skeptical about yet another streaming service - but for that price point its going to be hard to not sign up
- bhhaskin 7y agoRemember that Netflix was that cheap at one point in time. It's all about the long game.
- zxcvbn4038 7y agoThe first hit is always free. The real question is how quickly they ratchet up the price. I suspect Disney will do so very aggressively - to keep the shareholders happy.
- spiderfarmer 7y agoPlus, a full year of it is given away with new hardware.
- mttjj 7y agoThe other remaining question I have is if they are going to release the shows using the Netflix model (dump all at once) or follow Amazon/Hulu and do weekly releases. My guess is the latter. The $4.99 price point is great but it also signals to me that they know they don't have a huge library as a draw. So releasing shows week by week will also be a better strategy than just dumping all episodes at once. Otherwise people could watch everything using the free trial and then cancel the subscription.
- reallydontask 7y ago> Otherwise people could watch everything using the free trial and then cancel the subscription. i'd guess you can still do this, just not at launch. Just wait a few weeks/months
- mttjj 7y agoThat's true! I know I've done that with a few HBO series in the past.
- dhagz 7y agoReading the product page, it looks like there will be monthly releases of new content. So it might be a merger of the two release styles: a new, complete show/movie every month.
- kyriakos 7y agoVery little initial content explains the low price. Good idea for the free trial will boost initial launch numbers.