Nice ATV+ free weekend. I wonder how many new and old subscribers will come from it? Discussion
Lots of good stuff like Masters of the Air miniseries and Greyhound movie. I wonder if Apple will do it again in the future like HBO, NBA, NHL, etc. do for USA's cable and satellite TV services. I might subscribe later on. I need a break though after >10.5 hrs. since Fri. night to last night while sick with a nasty Norovirus from (happy?) New Year's Day Eve(ning). :/
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u/Saar13 3d ago
I saw a lot more social media buzz than usual for Apple TV. The question is how many people decided to pay for a subscription after the weekend. Apple hasn’t even released a teaser for 2025, which is what I would expect after this weekend, while people are still thinking about the shows they watched. It’s all very complicated on Apple TV. From the name of the service to the marketing, I don’t know where they’re going or if they’re going anywhere at all.
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u/VoraciousChallenge 3d ago
I might end up resubscribing sooner than expected because of it. I bit off more than I could chew by trying to rewatch Severance and catch up on Shrinking (including S1 rewatch since its been a while) and burned out and didn't finish, so I might resubscribe now to finish them.
That said, I forgot how much the interface annoys me. And I was randomly getting "an error occurred" messages and had to clear cookies and log in again.
I also had a bad experience watching Argylle last night. The movie isn't as bad as people made it out to be, but the service tried to hide the after credits from me. It autoplayed something else just after the credits started and I had to go back. I struggled with it on the Roku app and ended up having to do it from my laptop and hold it up for my partner to see. Even then it fought with me. Very frustrating experience. If I hadn't known it was there beforehand, I would have missed it.
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u/please_and_thankyou 3d ago
Do you have a target red card? On the app go to My Target, scroll down to “exclusive partner perks” and there’s a three months free offer
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u/VoraciousChallenge 3d ago
We don't have Target in Canada. They tried and immediately fell on their face directly into a pile of pig shit. It was honestly pretty impressive how bad it went.
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u/LowBarometer 3d ago
I won't consider ATV+ until they have an android app.
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u/FrontRoom866 2d ago
I salute people I see on the train, watching shows/movie on their phone. I could never.
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u/DavidZ2844 1d ago
Same, along with people who have shows on in the background. Both that and seeing shows/movies on phones on the go are just insane concepts to me, doing media such a disservice by consuming it that way imo. But to each their own.
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u/franktelevision 3d ago
I doubt much will change. ATV+ should be part of iPhone purchase or just part of Apple One as a value add. I don’t need another monthly payment.
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u/antdude 3d ago
But you don't need an Apple hardware product (can watch in a modern web browser and updated apps). Just Apple ID e-mail account and payment (gift cards would work but it still wants a payment type so they can charge you if you don't cancel it).
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u/franktelevision 3d ago
What I mean is that you buy an iPhone, you get a year free or something like that. Maybe bundle it with Apple Care? I’m just not that interested in paying monthly for that service
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u/Secure_Detective_602 Life Potential Achieved 2d ago
I got 12 months free last hardware purchase.
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u/franktelevision 2d ago
I may buy iPhone 17 pro this year, from 14 pro. Wouldn’t mind a 12 month trial
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u/jgreg728 3d ago
Gonna be honest I feel like this weekend came and went without many people even knowing this was available.