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mountainhighgoat t1_itn007d wrote

Reply to comment by Isiddiqui in Apple raises the price of Apple TV+ to $6.99 by Murky-Insect-7556

They still don’t have a library of content to justify this price increase.

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LcukyFcuk t1_itnb9kp wrote

Totally agree, they can talk about having a larger catalog of programming, but it's nonsense. I log in every few weeks and look at what they have that's new and I'm always left bummed. Will likely cancel.

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mountainhighgoat t1_itncc2t wrote

Yeah, because they refuse to buy a library of content like other streaming services.

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vadergeek t1_itnn2fi wrote

Other than Netflix I think most of the other services are basically a pre-existing content library that started a streaming service, which makes more sense.

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Mentoman72 t1_itocqet wrote

There's a couple shows to come back for. Severance, FAM, Ted Lasso. They don't have the HBO lineup to keep you subscribed year round

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Summebride t1_itplgtd wrote

That was my initial reaction.

But considering it in a long term context, 30 years ago it cost $6.99 to rent one movie, for one night. And everyone was happy to pay it. Usually you'd rent 2 movies, maybe $9.99 for two. Then you'd go back and do it again. Spending $20+ per week at blockbuster was normal, and that when $20 was worth a lot more than it is today.

If you had a crystal ball back then, the idea of watching hundreds of tv episodes and movies for $6.99 would have been mind blowing, and you wouldn't be fussing over $4.99 vs $6.99

The current streaming prices don't reflect the true cost of creating and distributing the content. It's only been kept in this fake unnatural state because of stock market exploitation (some cases, like Netflix) or because the richest companies in history are giving it away as a loss leader.

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ascagnel____ t1_itpz80k wrote

Netflix found value where nobody else thought to look (old shows that had either ended their syndication runs or never had syndication runs in the first place, and buying streaming rights from Starz) and turned it into a $125B business.

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Sherringdom t1_itpqg0n wrote

I don’t know how much other people watch tv but Apple TV has been the one streaming platform that’s almost always had a new show I’m interested in watching, and I generally only have time for an episode or two a night. Compared to Netflix, prime and Disney most of the new stuff I watch is on Apple. Disney is more for my kid, prime I barely use at all and Netflix has the odd show that comes up which I’ll eventually watch. Considering it’s still basically half the price of the others I think it’s decent value.

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