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>Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage (50GB) for $14.95 a month >The Family plan includes the same apps, but with 200GB of iCloud stora

by natrik 6y ago

>Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, and iCloud storage (50GB) for $14.95 a month >The Family plan includes the same apps, but with 200GB of iCloud storage. It’s $19.95 a month Seems like a deal worth looking into considering I'm paying $10 a month for Spotify alone. Not sure how the Apple TV lineup compares to Netflix though, but the iCloud storage is a pretty nice add-on as well.

rstupek 6y ago
Apple TV+ doesn't have even a fraction of the shows available on Netflix. Most of their original content is, imo, quite good but there's not nearly enough of it yet
- christoph 6y ago
  Unless they start adding a fair amount of quality content, some of which is must watch, on a more regular basis, I really can’t see continuing my 1 year trial at this point in time. There’s just nowhere near enough content to justify the cost, especially when I already have subs to Netflix, Amazon and Disney. Against each of those services, their offering is truly paltry for a similar price. Especially when you factor in everything you get with Amazon as well (free ebook a month, unlimited photo storage and of course free next day delivery).
- dzhiurgis 6y ago
  All the really good stuff is behind ANOTHER subscription like Mubi
Slippery_John 6y ago
Apple TV doesn't really have the kind of catalog that netflix does, but a lot of their unique shows are excellent. The Morning Show and For All Mankind in particular were fantastic.
- jbverschoor 6y ago
  Also, the Apple TV(+) UI is super confusing. I don't use my AppleTV+ sub
jbverschoor 6y ago
Spotify's big advantage is Spotify Connect. Apple Music and Deezer (better interface) work as streaming devices, while Spotify is basically a server + controller.
- Rebelgecko 6y ago
  IMO Spotify is also way better for discovering new music to listen to. Apple Music's recommendations are bland and uninspired in comparison. Spotify also does way better on social features (like sharable summaries at the end of the year of what you've listened to, integration with other apps, etc). Of course that's something that a lot of people don't necessarily care about. I moved from Spotify to Apple music because Spotify had janky network issues under certain conditions, and network issues would sometimes hang the UI. Now that I'm spending a lot more time at home, im considering making the move back to Spotify, since Apple Music has its own share of irritating bugs
- ascagnel_ 6y ago
  Apple Music has something similar to Spotify Connect, but it's non-obvious and requires specific hardware (either the TV box or the Homepod) to be accessed in a specific way, where the box acts as a server, accepts tracks in a queue from anyone on the local wifi network, and can push out audio to multiple players also on the local network.
  - jbverschoor 6y ago
    Doesn't work for me. I have an appletv, but it's basically airplay.
ghaff 6y ago
It does. I get Apple Music and like it fine. And I pay for some iCloud storage. So, even if I don't watch Apple TV Plus or play Arcade much, we're only talking a few dollars over and above what I'm already paying. (Which I'm sure is part of Apple's pricing logic. People will pay us $3 or so per month for services that they'd unlikely subscribe to anyway plus we get them that much deeper into our ecosystem.)
- mkskm 6y ago
  Yeah I'm in the same boat. Strongly prefer Apple Music over Spotify and am already paying for iCloud. I'm on a $99/year annual subscription for Apple Music though, so this would come out to around $5 more a month for me ($8.25/mo for music and $0.99/mo for iCloud vs. $14.95 for Apple One). Not sure if they'll provide something similar for this once it launches. It's crazy how stingy Apple is with iCloud storage though. 50 GB for a paid upgrade? Apple hasn't sold an iPhone with that little storage in years.
  - ghaff 6y ago
    You're right. I was thinking I was paying for 50GB but I'm at 200GB just for backups and photos mostly. So, yeah, it's more like $5/month more but still will at least try out.
nabla9 6y ago
Apple has very little original content, but few are really good. "For All Mankind" is top notch SciFi. "See" is interesting. "The Mornign Show" was surprisingly good although I'm not typical audience.

by natrik 6y ago

rstupek 6y ago

Apple TV+ doesn't have even a fraction of the shows available on Netflix. Most of their original content is, imo, quite good but there's not nearly enough of it yet

christoph 6y ago
Unless they start adding a fair amount of quality content, some of which is must watch, on a more regular basis, I really can’t see continuing my 1 year trial at this point in time. There’s just nowhere near enough content to justify the cost, especially when I already have subs to Netflix, Amazon and Disney. Against each of those services, their offering is truly paltry for a similar price. Especially when you factor in everything you get with Amazon as well (free ebook a month, unlimited photo storage and of course free next day delivery).
dzhiurgis 6y ago
All the really good stuff is behind ANOTHER subscription like Mubi

Slippery_John 6y ago

Apple TV doesn't really have the kind of catalog that netflix does, but a lot of their unique shows are excellent. The Morning Show and For All Mankind in particular were fantastic.

jbverschoor 6y ago
Also, the Apple TV(+) UI is super confusing. I don't use my AppleTV+ sub

jbverschoor 6y ago

Spotify's big advantage is Spotify Connect. Apple Music and Deezer (better interface) work as streaming devices, while Spotify is basically a server + controller.

Rebelgecko 6y ago
IMO Spotify is also way better for discovering new music to listen to. Apple Music's recommendations are bland and uninspired in comparison. Spotify also does way better on social features (like sharable summaries at the end of the year of what you've listened to, integration with other apps, etc). Of course that's something that a lot of people don't necessarily care about. I moved from Spotify to Apple music because Spotify had janky network issues under certain conditions, and network issues would sometimes hang the UI. Now that I'm spending a lot more time at home, im considering making the move back to Spotify, since Apple Music has its own share of irritating bugs
ascagnel_ 6y ago
Apple Music has something similar to Spotify Connect, but it's non-obvious and requires specific hardware (either the TV box or the Homepod) to be accessed in a specific way, where the box acts as a server, accepts tracks in a queue from anyone on the local wifi network, and can push out audio to multiple players also on the local network.
- jbverschoor 6y ago
  Doesn't work for me. I have an appletv, but it's basically airplay.

ghaff 6y ago

It does. I get Apple Music and like it fine. And I pay for some iCloud storage. So, even if I don't watch Apple TV Plus or play Arcade much, we're only talking a few dollars over and above what I'm already paying. (Which I'm sure is part of Apple's pricing logic. People will pay us $3 or so per month for services that they'd unlikely subscribe to anyway plus we get them that much deeper into our ecosystem.)

mkskm 6y ago
Yeah I'm in the same boat. Strongly prefer Apple Music over Spotify and am already paying for iCloud. I'm on a $99/year annual subscription for Apple Music though, so this would come out to around $5 more a month for me ($8.25/mo for music and $0.99/mo for iCloud vs. $14.95 for Apple One). Not sure if they'll provide something similar for this once it launches. It's crazy how stingy Apple is with iCloud storage though. 50 GB for a paid upgrade? Apple hasn't sold an iPhone with that little storage in years.
- ghaff 6y ago
  You're right. I was thinking I was paying for 50GB but I'm at 200GB just for backups and photos mostly. So, yeah, it's more like $5/month more but still will at least try out.

nabla9 6y ago

Apple has very little original content, but few are really good. "For All Mankind" is top notch SciFi. "See" is interesting. "The Mornign Show" was surprisingly good although I'm not typical audience.