For my family, it’s the exact same price for Apple One as it is for each service we pay for. So it’s 100% worth it for us. We have Apple Music Family ($15), 2TB iCloud storage ($10), and Apple TV+ ($5). That totals $30 a month, so for the exact same price we can get all the same stuff plus Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Fitness+ for free.
I actually just downgraded from the 50GB plan to the 5GB plan a couple of weeks ago. I realised I had lots of files I didn’t really use stored in iCloud Drive and lots of backups for devices I don’t use anymore. After clearing those out, I was able to get close enough to 5GB to just transfer some files to OneDrive and then be on the free plan for both.
I paid $53.53 after tax every month for all the Apple services my family had individually so the $32.79 for Apple One Premier that includes fitness+ (something we were interested in anyways) and 2 TB of iCloud for 6 people is amazing.
@J M A Spotify family account alone is $15/mo. And Apple Music and Spotify are basically the same service (except Apple Music integrates better) $2.50/person for 2TB of cloud storage, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Fitness+ is certainly worth it.
I typically don't like the subscription models for some of the reasons that you mentioned. But I don't mind paying for cloud storage for photos. The fact is, hard drives die or get stolen. Computers crash. Houses burn down. So keeping priceless photos printed out in a shoebox or saved on a computer doesn't guarantee that you will always have them. Redundant cloud storage is currently best way to keep valuable data.
I lived in Cali, had thousands of photos and videos on my Mac. Moved back home and someone broke in, stole my laptop. Learned that I love cloud storage that day.
I don’t understand why people pay to store their photos in the cloud when Google Photos is free and does the same thing, and it works cross platform too, Win Win
I'm paying for the Apple Music Family, as well as sharing 2TB of iCloud storage, and the TV+ subscription renews in December, so I'd already be spending $30 a month. Someone else in my family started paying for Apple Arcade, so there's $5 off of that, then Fitness+ seems kinda interesting, and News+ is just there.
Yeah same haha I wish there was a plan with Apple Music and then 2TB iCloud although maybe even a higher iCloud because I take a LOT for 4K 60 video and I’ve almost used all my 2TB. I can’t explain how much I don’t care about Apple TV+ or arcade or news or any of that other trash
I want to know something if I subscribe for iCloud storage 2 TB this month and unsubscribe the following month will I still have access to it or will they take it back?
Getting so much out of it. Was already getting Apple Music ($15), Apple TV+ after trial ($5), and was going to get the 2000gb ($10). That’s $30 all together. With Apple One I get all of that and News+, Arcade, and Fitness+. Excited to use all of them. Personally I share it with a close group of friends, ends up becoming 5 bucks a month, super good deal for groups, saving a huge amount. All together, this comes close to $60 without Apple one. Thanks for the video!
I have Apple TV+ for 1 year and they extended until February and I have never watched a single show in there. I use Spotify, so Apple Music is a no for me. Is the 2tb for everyone in the group? I understand the appeal if people have Apple Music and need 2tb otherwise this plan seems meh.
@@matheusgomes9 Yes, all of my group will use the 2000 gb, and all have Apple Music. You should definitely try out Apple TV+! They definitely have the quality over other streaming services. Try out Ted Lasso, it will definitely change your mind.
@@ezra_samayoa1 It’s not a Apple TV+ thing for me, I just kind fell out with TV shows. I have probably only 3-5 I watch per year, I just don’t bring myself to watch tv shows anymore, don’t know why. I got Apple News+ and fitness because I just got a new watch, let’s see if I like them. The 2TB for everyone is okay but for 5 people could become a problem in the future but it seems worth it for you and your friends. I’m just not that willing to get another sub without using that much.
@@matheusgomes9 Ahhh makes sense, completely understand the reasoning behind that. I’m not too much of a show person due to the amount of time I need to spend on them. I very much recommend Ted Lasso on there still. Only 10 episodes, 30 min each and they will bring a smile and a laugh to your year Im sure if you’re willing to give it a chance. Thanks for your pov!
Update your subscriptions on an iPhone or iPad. If you're already subscribed to something included in Apple One, the option will pop-up. At the same time it will delete your individual subscriptions.
Already had subscriptions which I use, so this represents a saving for me. Recently reviewed all of my subscriptions, and cancelled all the unused stuff with various providers, only kept RUclips premium, Spotify and the Apple stuff, as they are used daily.
I think Tailosive and a lot of people aren’t thinking about the bigger families. That one subscription for Apple Music is 10 dollars. But imagine sharing it up to 5 people in your family. What he’s saying makes sense for his situation. And it is all subjective. Be careful but don’t think too hard if you’re asking yourself if you should get it
thats 100% fair. if you do get it, then in order for you to get more value then try out mini moor ways on apple arcade, its their only good game but its really good. also try out mythic quest and a movie called the banker on apple tv. those were actually very good.
Welp i was pay $15 for apple music family and $15 for 2tb icloud for the family up in canada. So an extra cup of coffee a month for the tv+ and the other stuff not too bad
this is how I see all my expenses, I take one time purchases and put them as monthly costs, same with yearlies, and just measure them in cups of coffee. If I already spend more than any given thing on coffee, then it fits within my budget.
@@musicalworld2168 It’s exactly because of that, they can’t lower the prices of the physical product due to taxes, tariffs and restrictions, but they can charge whatever they want for their services. In the rest of the world Apple is fighting people staying on their 3-5 year old iPhones so upselling them services is a way to make revenue without needing to sell units, so services are more expensive (also to keep competitive with the market, people are paying about as much for spotify or netflix already so there’s no point in undercutting them too much) that hardware in comparison. But even then Apple has never been the kind of company that cares about value for dollar, they are worth a lot more by giving the impression of being a lifestyle brand.
@@musicalworld2168 yea itz coz iphone 12 is not made in India so they have to pay heavy taxes , now iPhone 11, SE, XR are reasonably priced especially with flipkart sales..
My partner and I are going to split the $19.99/month family plan. I already pay $10 for apple music and I have cloud storage, so I'm paying less for more! Sounds like a good idea for couples at least :)
Same, had tv+ for one year for free never watched one minute. Tested arcade for one month, it’s nice but i don’t think that I Play every single month different games how are 10$ worth. So I bought stardew valley instead. Cheaper on long term and a great game. Yeah and I use the 1$ 50GB storage because I like it to have an drive on every device where I can store my Date online
I prefer having it all in one subscription but they need to add a year subscription plan onto this so we also have that choice. And I already know about pricing.
And getting out of it is rather difficult. You can only cancel your subscription with Adobe in a short time period without paying a hefty cancelation fee....
@@thomaswendler2164 Almost as soon as Creative Cloud started people were reporting that Adobe was doing anything to prevent them from cancelling that subscription. The fact I can't just buy a new version of Photoshop has caused me to jump ship entirely.
Held out on Apple Music and always bought old-school via iTunes (also gives artist more of the cut up-front). However, now that all the main services are bundled, it really does save you a lot of $ with Premier. I do think that the AMOUNT of content is actually a lot -- I can't get to all the News+ articles and magazines I'd like to read, but it's much more efficient than getting the physical newspapers/magazines. Still having issues getting the 2TB iCloud removed since we get it with Apple One, but I'm sure there are others in this situation and they'll resolve it with another call.
Subscribing to music streaming made sense when phones were stuck at 8 and 16 GB, but when the entry level is 128 GB on a phone, just save your music collection to the phone.
Beautiful! You’re a rare person. I still purchase hard copy of music but only of music I know I can count to myself as timeless even if I was to change. But I do have Apple Music.
@@cmooreHD I also have Apple Music for library syncing. It is great when you want to listen music that you got somewhere else such as downloaded form the internet
I think you're right to advise people to consider their personal usage of Apple One components, but I look at these elements considerably differently than you. Apple News+ isn't about "exclusivity" but presentation. It does magazines and newspapers, many of which are specially formatted for Apple News+. These render spectacularly on an iPad, making their Apple News variants better than the original print versions. And the ability to configure - and essentially curate - your own news feeds makes News+ astoundingly good value. It's certainly better than just hoping an algorithm on will serve up what you're looking for. Also: you can save news stories from a variety of different sources for offline viewing and get news alerts via notifications and now widgets. In short, if you're someone who follows news, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything that's nearly so useful. AppleTV+ is, by contrast, the one thing most people probably won't have to pay for, because you get a free year every time you buy almost any new Apple device. Unless you buy a new device less than annually, this part of Apple One is likely redundant. As for AppleMusic, sure, it obviously depends on how much you're using it. Or, maybe more accurately, how much your family is using it - or how long you've amassed your own iTunes (now AppleMusic) library. One great use of it is to make playlists that your non-cohabitating family can instantly use. Or to send younger family members Apple-curated lists of genres or artists. Can other services offer this? Maybe. But if your family all have iPhones, why would you need to look to another service? And if you've had playlists created for over a decade, you're only asking for more work to switch to some other service. Moreover, if you're deep in the Apple ecosystem and have a tvOS, macOS and iOS device, there's zero incentive to use anything but AppleMusic. Finally, iCloud storage is definitely worth it, especially if you're on a family plan with others who are not physically resident with you. It's arguably worth it, even for an individual, because it makes setup of new Apple devices a breeze. Maybe you have perfect, never-fail hard drives and devices, but even one catastrophic drive failure on a boot drive will make you glad that you've saved all your data to iCloud. Even if you do have a local backup solution, having iCloud as a tertiary backup provides a peace of mind that's worth more than the monthly price, in my opinion.
So glad I subscribed. Even with all family storages and mine 2tb, I am still paying less than 25/month and I cancel Apple TV and never had Apple Music, since I purchase and keep my music. It did look enticing given Apple TV is in a mix and etc to gift for family/ but I am still saving rather then endless monthly subscription packet. Just pay for what you use is the best! This channel is turning out to be very good for consumers as well
I really appreciate this video because despite being an apple fan (as I am), he is actually warning us not to overly consume and give in to the short-sightedness of low monthly pricing. Arcade and TV+ are $5 a month each which doesn’t seem that bad on the surface, but are there enough games and TV shows to warrant consistently signing up for every month moving forward? Or can you potentially rotate these services once a month (or every quarter) since there is only 24 hours in a day?
Hey Andrew, could you do a video in depth of how to avoid this “iCloud storage trap”? You touched on what it is, but how exactly are you/how can we avoid it, when data is constantly growing and piling on? It seems so easy to pull the trigger and upgrade from 200GB to 2TB, but then you’ve just progressed yourself into the iCloud Storage Trap! Then Apple will come out with their 3TB, 4TB, 5TB plans and if you keep progressing further into their trap, like you said, your monthly expenses will just 📈🤯! But again, the amount of data is forever growing, so how exactly are you avoiding this trap? And how can we do the same? Thanks! 🙏🏼
I already had Apple Music (family), Tv + & iCloud. Getting Apple Ones saved me on my monthly cost and got Arcade included in the bundle. Great deal for those who already use their services.
It’s not just apple. Subscription services in general are a huge rip off. I miss one-time purchasing of products/content. It also sucks that you can’t choose which services are in your Apple One Individual Plan.
To be fair, most of the things offered are subscription based because it has ongoing development. The only things that aren’t really are music and games. You could just outright buy licenses for those if you really wanted. TV, News, Fitness, and iCloud are ongoing services. They can’t just be paid for once.
This is why i never interested to upload my pictures to icloud, not only i need to pay for the huge amount of data for me to upload and download, but also the subscription. I use Synology NAS now to keep it on my own.
The apple One bundle Premier Lowered my Bill because until upgrade my cloud storage I was already paying that price now I have all 6 services instead of just one service
This is why I love Xbox game pass. Yes it is a subscription service however if you choose to buy the games on the service you get a discount to keep it for yourself. Is Apple did the same thing with Games on Arcade or shows on TV plus or magazines for example, they would be better off. I get it selling subscriptions is a better thing to do for a business but give people the option to buy out right as well.
What's funny is as a student with a a Lebanese Apple ID is that I get Apple Music and TV+ for 2.49$/month... the individual plan costs 9.95$/month. (50GB 0.99$, Apple Arcade 5$. The sum is not even 10$.
I feel that the Apple One subscription options could use some work. Why do I have to subscribe to Premier to get News and Fitness? Why do all the plans include Arcade, which I (and a lot of other people) will never use? Why can’t I choose the top subscription option without sharing?
For me the family plan costs CHF 25. We already pay 19 for family Apple Music and quite enjoy our free trial of Apple TV+. Once our free trials end we’ll get the Apple one family bundle which will cost the same as music and TV but also include arcade and 200gb iCloud for “free”
Great advice. I have 6 kids though, so it actually works for me - but for most people not in charge of a digital legion (!) this is something that should be taken into account.
I have a Family Plan of Apple Music and 2TB of Cloud storage we are 5 people. So it is really hard to sign out. You got a very good point on lowering these cost as much as possible. I live in Germany an basically every other week at some supermarket or elsewhere are Discounts on iTunes prepaid card 15-20% sometimes and then these services are a litte bit cheaper.
I’ve got all my music on my phone, converted from MP3. I have a specific playlist on YT that I add new tunes to and when it gets a bit large I’ll spend some time converting and adding them, I’ve been doing that since the early 00’s. Being lazy is expensive. I have one sub with Apple, 0.79 p/m for storage and as much as I hate seeing that one charge every month, it’s a cheap monthly reminder not to add any more, from ANY company.
I paid $10 for spotify. Switch to apple one premier and share it with 4 other family members. Now it comes out to $6. I get apple music. Which just on that is worth it. Plus all the other extras.
Well, in Europe (at least in Poland) things are very different. For 20 PLN you have only Apple Music and for 25 PLN is the Apple One. 1$ = 4 PLN, so there’s only a bit more than 1$ difference for all the services vs just apple music. But don’t be jealous - devices are way more expensive compared to US prices.
For me and my family we use Apple Music, iCloud and TV+ all the time and my parents love news+, I’m also excited for fitness+ so the price is worth it for me, plus we have a deal where my dad pays my phone bill and I pay for apple one
I pay for News, Music, and iCloud anyway. There is no reason for me to not get Apple One. More for the same price. Gonna wait til February though- let TV+ free trial end and let Fitness+ launch.
I don’t like to look at subscriptions on a per-year basis, but rather compare it to my total monthly income. If I get 200 a month (I’m a student), I think €5 a month for apple music is a steal for how much I use it.
Great Video! I recently subscribed to the iCloud 2TB plan. I have always used external drives for back up but have always been concerned about drive failures. I thought iCloud would be a good way to keep all of my photos, documents, etc backed up without having to worry about losing everything due to an external drive failure. The other reason I went to iCloud is that i'm going to be splitting time at opposite sides of the country. I feel like I'll want to have access to my stuff while i'm away from home base. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a better way to back up? I'm also a photographer in my spare time so I have quite a photo collection. I swap out drives every couple years to be on the safe side and have multiple backup drives. Ugh.... Any thoughts or ideas would be great! Thanks.
What gets me is when I subscribe to an app then they come out with a new updated version and want to charge a whole new subscription and say it’s for new “features” and want to claim to be giving current subscribers a discount.
I do this very smart, I have a special budget for monthly subscriptions. Meaning, if I subscribe to a service another service of the same kind / price will have to be cancelled. So I don't add each service on top of eachother. And the service that is cancelled should always be worse (in content, price etc) than the new service. For every kind of service I have an "allowance" of 2. Apple One and RUclips music. Apple One (TV) and Disney+, Amazon Prime (discounts, prime video and Twitch prime) and GamePass and Apple One (Arcade). See here some of these have multiple services. So they count as 1/2 or 1/3 for each of these services. Also there is an upper limit to all of this, and if that limit is passed the most expensive and least used service gets cut off.
So true. I’ve used just about every streaming service and cloud storage there is available here in Finland (iCloud, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, TIDAL, HBO Nordic, Viaplay, Netflix, RUclips Premium, Google Play One, Google Music and many many others) and for some I’ve paid too much for too long. But then I decited to save money and unsubscribed over time one by one almost all of them. Now I save about 1000€ per year. :)
In Poland Apple Music costs $5, Apple Arcade costs $6, Apple TV+ costs $6, it sums up to $17. Apple One in Poland costs $7 and you get 50GB of iCloud. I don't understand how that makes any sense but it looks like a quite good deal :D
Quite frankly, I've always hated monthly payments. I don't have to pay for home wifi, since I still live at home, and there are other monthly expenses that I can avoid because of that. But all in all, I try to stay under 20€ / month for EVERYTHING. It's been working quite well, actually. Since you can share most services, and student accounts are a thing, this really works out well for now. I pay below 19€ total for: - A shitty phone internet plan, - Netflix, - 3 Domains, - iCloud 50GB, - A VPN, - Amazon Prime, - and some D&D stuff that I'm gonna be cutting down on next year probably. (Thinking of dropping some of these D&D tools that I rarely use for the 1€ Google Drive subscription) I'm just saying, you can make it work with little to no compromises, and you save a shit ton of cash.
I've seen this coming. Them removing the charger and making people buy the charger with the USB C port was just the beginning. This is another reason why I don't think the new macbooks will be all that, other than another reason for them to charge you more.
I had Apple tv+, Apple Music family plan and 2TB iCloud storage which is $29 a month , so the $29 a month package works out for me which adds : Fitness, Apple Arcade and News+. I pay the same amount and get more.
I think you bring up good points and thoughts that should be considered. However, I think you really over look the bulk aspect, especially when considering speeding the payment. Granted, if something does happen you do lose your library (at least until you can start back up the subscription again), but potentially paying $5 a month for Apple Music, fitness +, news +, arcade, 2tb of iCloud, and tv+ cannot be understated (less than $1 per service at that rate). I think a much more potent argument is now this pretty much locks in many people; if one family member wants to switch to android it might not work. They’d be losing access to so much content, and raising the price for others too. On top of the price of switching ecosystems. Maybe this plan doesn’t make sense for some, but I think it does for many.
For iCloud it depends. If with time they increase the storage capacity then it does make sense. Also I have the 200 GB plan and it’s been here since 2017. And still I have 70 GB left since I linked up my girlfriend. So I still have some time left. If they upgrade it will just be there forever without needing to sort it out. But I do see the point
I have Google Photos so I transferred most of my important Pics there and Deleted the unimportant ones. Plus I have a member of my family that gives me half of the price for Music News and now Arcade so I only pay $15 instead of $30.
Apple One is a good idea on paper, but it's way too structured. If Apple opened it up and allowed you to customize a plan based on what services you want, at a discount for bundling them, it would make more sense. The Individual plan for me would be nice, but I don't care about Apple Arcade. Number-crunching I would pay less money per year just paying for the individual services I actually use and want, as opposed to going with Apple One.
The only subscription I have is with Netflix. Apple TV was good for the one month free trial because I saw all the shows and movies I was interested in. They don’t have too many choices. But let me save you time with the shows I recommend “saving Jacob,” “The Servant,” and “see.” 2 movies I recommend are “grayhound” and “the banker.” Apple TV needs more choices. As well as fix there video quality playback consistency.
Apple One is definitely a win for my family since we’ll get two new services (News+ and Fitness+) and pay 5 dollars less per month than what we’re currently paying. It may not be for everyone but it definitely makes sense for us. Pay 35 for 4 services or pay 30 for 6 services... The choice is obvious.
Hey Drew, I don’t know if you would be interested in it, but I’ve noticed that you e put out a good number of videos about personal finance. Maybe a new Tailosive Finance channel would be fun? I would definitely be interested in it!
I justify Apple Music subscription because it's the cost of buying one 'CD' a month without the clutter of keeping the CD but it does suck that you don't own it a the end
Same could be said for RUclips premium witch you are still subscribed to so it doesn’t really make sense if your trying to save when your still being subscribed to other subscriptions outside of Apple
It feels like it’s been at least a year now that I’ve been hearing you say that you “just don’t understand” News+. I have to wonder if you’ve tried to learn more about it or asked subscribers why they like it? It’s not for everyone and that’s fine- some people just don’t read a lot of news, or don’t particularly care about the quality of the journalism they consume. But when you reduce the entire idea of paid news services to nothing more than “moving pictures as you scroll,” it seems like a lot of people’s preferences are being dismissed and ignored.
$9.50 a month extra for 2tb storage , News plus Apple TV and Arcade for me if it cuts down buying papers and magazines just have to make sure you use the services and it’s good value
@@luisdanielson800 Didn't have the balls to get Apple One. But I have fitness+ - It's absolutely incredible. The trainers, the music, the workouts are amazing. It's helped me stay fit during this time. The apple watch is the best motivator!
Your wrong about Apple News+. The articles are significantly higher quality and longer than the smut and clickbait in the free section. You get access to several prolific publications, such as New Yorker, Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Scientific American, and Wired. None of these publications are free, and in fact, some of them are quite expensive. For people who like to read, News+ is pretty good deal.
VPN services are the only worthy subscription services because it is legal to download music, movies, and apps in other countries and illegal in some countries. Get whatever VPN service suits your needs.
I pay £6.99/month for 2Tb iCloud, £14.99/month for Spotify Family, and if Apple News+ was as good as Readly in terms of publications available (£7.99/month). Thankfully Netflix is included in my satellite service subscription. Undecided on Apple One at present.
Torally agree... I prefer buying a good new guitar which will last forever and eventually I can sell or donate it. Virtual possessions vanish and are much more expensive in the long term
I personally use just 5 gb iCloud, I use 200 GB google drive for my photos and everything, it also saves so much storage on my phone using freeing up storage feature on Google Photos. I do not want to be locked to Apple services with limited functionality when using another OS, with Google, you can access everything from anywhere. I also use YT Premium for ad free RUclips and music.
Well I get Apple Music free on Verizon but I could save money by canceling my $35 gym membership for the premier membership and have friends and family pay me.
Funny thing is that the point of not owning the consumed product is actually not solely true for Apple services, but to so many others, too. Listening to this video makes one think these business models are a bad things. Maybe, that's what one should also think about, you don't need to actually "keep" the stuff you consume.
Not about keeping it, it's about having one time purchase price. The cost of your Music Library increases every month with a subscription. Whereas buying it once does not
@@TailosiveTech Yeah, yeah! I see that. But I think it’s important to note that not everyone wants to keep the stuff and is fine with it being that way. I cancelled Apple Music some time ago and kind of had to fight myself because of the huge library I created by adding music I kinda liked. 😄 Tough one for sure! Glad you make people aware of the costs behind the services!
Wow, Apple One is a deal for me. With AppleMusic (I add 2 to 4 albums/month now in addition to the back catalogs that I have added. I have added more to my Apple Music than I owned previously), Apple TV+, and iCloud... I pay less than I will with Apple One, and I get Apple Arcade for "free". And all of my pictures are in my Photos library on my main iMac and then backed up to iCloud. If I stopped ICloud, I'd still have them. Just couldn't get them on all devices, just the one...
For my family, it’s the exact same price for Apple One as it is for each service we pay for. So it’s 100% worth it for us. We have Apple Music Family ($15), 2TB iCloud storage ($10), and Apple TV+ ($5). That totals $30 a month, so for the exact same price we can get all the same stuff plus Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Fitness+ for free.
meanwhile netflix casually raising prices 👀
Sticking with 99 cents ICloud 😂
I tried that, but my mom is on my family plan and she has like 170GB of photos/videos 😭
@@mohammed.baig. And I though I was alone 😂
I actually just downgraded from the 50GB plan to the 5GB plan a couple of weeks ago. I realised I had lots of files I didn’t really use stored in iCloud Drive and lots of backups for devices I don’t use anymore. After clearing those out, I was able to get close enough to 5GB to just transfer some files to OneDrive and then be on the free plan for both.
@@heartdyedpurple use google photos for free and unlimited !
@@tonydarcy7475 lol its only 99c pr month walaw
Apple one is a $1 less a month than what I pay and I get more, it’s a win for me
Same for me
Less than what
@@trscsaeg than what I currently pay
@@mohammed.baig. but I also get Apple Arcade which I’ll never use
@@mohammed.baig. true but I still get it for free
I really wish Apple Books would have been included as a subscription because it would have made my Apple One Premier subscription that much better
I paid $53.53 after tax every month for all the Apple services my family had individually so the $32.79 for Apple One Premier that includes fitness+ (something we were interested in anyways) and 2 TB of iCloud for 6 people is amazing.
Splitting a $30 bill among 6 friends in a “family” is worth it
@J M A Spotify family account alone is $15/mo. And Apple Music and Spotify are basically the same service (except Apple Music integrates better)
$2.50/person for 2TB of cloud storage, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Fitness+ is certainly worth it.
Absolutely. Even 30 bucks just for yourself might be worth it. 😒 because “worth” is subjective.
@J M what’re you doing here. If you hate Apple so much then why are you on this channel?
@J M repeating the word “sheep” make you look like one
@@keco185 some of your “family member” will use more iCloud storage than their share lol
I typically don't like the subscription models for some of the reasons that you mentioned. But I don't mind paying for cloud storage for photos. The fact is, hard drives die or get stolen. Computers crash. Houses burn down. So keeping priceless photos printed out in a shoebox or saved on a computer doesn't guarantee that you will always have them. Redundant cloud storage is currently best way to keep valuable data.
I lived in Cali, had thousands of photos and videos on my Mac. Moved back home and someone broke in, stole my laptop. Learned that I love cloud storage that day.
I don’t understand why people pay to store their photos in the cloud when Google Photos is free and does the same thing, and it works cross platform too, Win Win
@@EddyGraphic tried Google, but removing photos is a nightmare
I mainly just care about Apple music and iCloud storage lol
I’m the exact same way. And when you split that up with the family plan you save a lot of money
I'm paying for the Apple Music Family, as well as sharing 2TB of iCloud storage, and the TV+ subscription renews in December, so I'd already be spending $30 a month. Someone else in my family started paying for Apple Arcade, so there's $5 off of that, then Fitness+ seems kinda interesting, and News+ is just there.
Yeah same haha I wish there was a plan with Apple Music and then 2TB iCloud although maybe even a higher iCloud because I take a LOT for 4K 60 video and I’ve almost used all my 2TB. I can’t explain how much I don’t care about Apple TV+ or arcade or news or any of that other trash
I want to know something if I subscribe for iCloud storage 2 TB this month and unsubscribe the following month will I still have access to it or will they take it back?
you know that once you cancel, all your download music will be gone.
Apple news has magazine subscriptions included. And you get to keep it. So I enjoyed that a lot.
No point being first in a race that never ends.
dude’s been inspired by jon prosser
wise words to live by
Getting so much out of it. Was already getting Apple Music ($15), Apple TV+ after trial ($5), and was going to get the 2000gb ($10). That’s $30 all together. With Apple One I get all of that and News+, Arcade, and Fitness+. Excited to use all of them. Personally I share it with a close group of friends, ends up becoming 5 bucks a month, super good deal for groups, saving a huge amount. All together, this comes close to $60 without Apple one. Thanks for the video!
I have Apple TV+ for 1 year and they extended until February and I have never watched a single show in there. I use Spotify, so Apple Music is a no for me. Is the 2tb for everyone in the group? I understand the appeal if people have Apple Music and need 2tb otherwise this plan seems meh.
@@matheusgomes9 Yes, all of my group will use the 2000 gb, and all have Apple Music. You should definitely try out Apple TV+! They definitely have the quality over other streaming services. Try out Ted Lasso, it will definitely change your mind.
@@ezra_samayoa1 It’s not a Apple TV+ thing for me, I just kind fell out with TV shows. I have probably only 3-5 I watch per year, I just don’t bring myself to watch tv shows anymore, don’t know why. I got Apple News+ and fitness because I just got a new watch, let’s see if I like them. The 2TB for everyone is okay but for 5 people could become a problem in the future but it seems worth it for you and your friends. I’m just not that willing to get another sub without using that much.
@@matheusgomes9 Ahhh makes sense, completely understand the reasoning behind that. I’m not too much of a show person due to the amount of time I need to spend on them. I very much recommend Ted Lasso on there still. Only 10 episodes, 30 min each and they will bring a smile and a laugh to your year Im sure if you’re willing to give it a chance. Thanks for your pov!
Is it actually out? Apple's website stills says "coming this fall"
Update your subscriptions on an iPhone or iPad. If you're already subscribed to something included in Apple One, the option will pop-up. At the same time it will delete your individual subscriptions.
I dunno I’m in Canada and it says that. You too maybe?
It starts November 30 for me.
Already had subscriptions which I use, so this represents a saving for me. Recently reviewed all of my subscriptions, and cancelled all the unused stuff with various providers, only kept RUclips premium, Spotify and the Apple stuff, as they are used daily.
I think Tailosive and a lot of people aren’t thinking about the bigger families. That one subscription for Apple Music is 10 dollars. But imagine sharing it up to 5 people in your family. What he’s saying makes sense for his situation. And it is all subjective. Be careful but don’t think too hard if you’re asking yourself if you should get it
i love how well you explanied it and getting your point across your audience its just amazing
I honestly only need Apple Music. The others aren’t compelling enough in my opinion...
thats 100% fair. if you do get it, then in order for you to get more value then try out mini moor ways on apple arcade, its their only good game but its really good. also try out mythic quest and a movie called the banker on apple tv. those were actually very good.
Too late.. Already subscribed
It's worth it if you are family sharing.
@@appleforever6664 He dosent have a family, he's a lone wolf type of guy
Apple one works for my family, we all use Apple Music, we needed more storage, and I like Apple News+. So it works out for us 👍
waiting for my apple music trial to run out in January so i can see which i go with
@@NM_rocker it's a happy day for you
Welp i was pay $15 for apple music family and $15 for 2tb icloud for the family up in canada. So an extra cup of coffee a month for the tv+ and the other stuff not too bad
this is how I see all my expenses, I take one time purchases and put them as monthly costs, same with yearlies, and just measure them in cups of coffee. If I already spend more than any given thing on coffee, then it fits within my budget.
@@impendio Exactly! With apple I give myself less than 12ish coffee cups a month for the family.... esp since im wfh now
True app,enmusic family sharing is amazing deal. Not a scam
What I like most about you is that you speak like one of us, average consumers.
Unlike other RUclips who sound professional but alienated
Apple One (19$) version costs 5$ in India while iPhone 12 Pro ($999) costs nearly $1700 in India.
@@jakemure I don't understand why this is the case. If people have no method of subscribing to your services, how are you gonna sell services?
@@musicalworld2168 It’s exactly because of that, they can’t lower the prices of the physical product due to taxes, tariffs and restrictions, but they can charge whatever they want for their services. In the rest of the world Apple is fighting people staying on their 3-5 year old iPhones so upselling them services is a way to make revenue without needing to sell units, so services are more expensive (also to keep competitive with the market, people are paying about as much for spotify or netflix already so there’s no point in undercutting them too much) that hardware in comparison. But even then Apple has never been the kind of company that cares about value for dollar, they are worth a lot more by giving the impression of being a lifestyle brand.
True , in America apple subscription is OVERPRICED
@@googleuser9519 But in India, iPhone itself is excessively overpriced
@@musicalworld2168 yea itz coz iphone 12 is not made in India so they have to pay heavy taxes , now iPhone 11, SE, XR are reasonably priced especially with flipkart sales..
My partner and I are going to split the $19.99/month family plan. I already pay $10 for apple music and I have cloud storage, so I'm paying less for more!
Sounds like a good idea for couples at least :)
and families too
:)
I only have Apple Music and that $1 50 GB so what I have is already cheaper 🤷🏽♂️
Alex Rivera sammmmmme, i don’t need anything else lol
I think it is meant for people who subscribe to all of those subscriptions in the package, or looking to subscribe to them
Same, had tv+ for one year for free never watched one minute. Tested arcade for one month, it’s nice but i don’t think that I Play every single month different games how are 10$ worth. So I bought stardew valley instead. Cheaper on long term and a great game. Yeah and I use the 1$ 50GB storage because I like it to have an drive on every device where I can store my Date online
I will say after subscribing... You can add on to the iCloud storage so I can get 100gb without having to go up to 250gb in the next tier.
@@tejpatel5320 Exactly.
But of course there's the people not watching the video and buying anyway
I prefer having it all in one subscription but they need to add a year subscription plan onto this so we also have that choice. And I already know about pricing.
Adobe started this whole subscription crap and everyone else has followed since.
From a business perspective it’s brilliant but from a consumer’s standpoint it’s bad.
@@chandrashekard.7543 Yes.
And getting out of it is rather difficult. You can only cancel your subscription with Adobe in a short time period without paying a hefty cancelation fee....
@@thomaswendler2164 Almost as soon as Creative Cloud started people were reporting that Adobe was doing anything to prevent them from cancelling that subscription. The fact I can't just buy a new version of Photoshop has caused me to jump ship entirely.
This is ok, What Adobe does is Straightup crazy
Held out on Apple Music and always bought old-school via iTunes (also gives artist more of the cut up-front). However, now that all the main services are bundled, it really does save you a lot of $ with Premier. I do think that the AMOUNT of content is actually a lot -- I can't get to all the News+ articles and magazines I'd like to read, but it's much more efficient than getting the physical newspapers/magazines. Still having issues getting the 2TB iCloud removed since we get it with Apple One, but I'm sure there are others in this situation and they'll resolve it with another call.
Subscribing to music streaming made sense when phones were stuck at 8 and 16 GB, but when the entry level is 128 GB on a phone, just save your music collection to the phone.
And that is exactly why I am still purchasing music, movies and MVs on iTunes Store
Beautiful! You’re a rare person. I still purchase hard copy of music but only of music I know I can count to myself as timeless even if I was to change. But I do have Apple Music.
Well, In my country apple music is really cheap, in the last 2 years, I have only paid around $20.
So, for me its worth $10 a year!
@@cmooreHD I also have Apple Music for library syncing. It is great when you want to listen music that you got somewhere else such as downloaded form the internet
Ty for reminding me to check my subscriptions because I’m gonna be saving a lot of money that I didn’t know I was loosing every month.
I think you're right to advise people to consider their personal usage of Apple One components, but I look at these elements considerably differently than you.
Apple News+ isn't about "exclusivity" but presentation. It does magazines and newspapers, many of which are specially formatted for Apple News+. These render spectacularly on an iPad, making their Apple News variants better than the original print versions. And the ability to configure - and essentially curate - your own news feeds makes News+ astoundingly good value. It's certainly better than just hoping an algorithm on will serve up what you're looking for. Also: you can save news stories from a variety of different sources for offline viewing and get news alerts via notifications and now widgets. In short, if you're someone who follows news, you're gonna have a hard time finding anything that's nearly so useful.
AppleTV+ is, by contrast, the one thing most people probably won't have to pay for, because you get a free year every time you buy almost any new Apple device. Unless you buy a new device less than annually, this part of Apple One is likely redundant.
As for AppleMusic, sure, it obviously depends on how much you're using it. Or, maybe more accurately, how much your family is using it - or how long you've amassed your own iTunes (now AppleMusic) library. One great use of it is to make playlists that your non-cohabitating family can instantly use. Or to send younger family members Apple-curated lists of genres or artists. Can other services offer this? Maybe. But if your family all have iPhones, why would you need to look to another service? And if you've had playlists created for over a decade, you're only asking for more work to switch to some other service. Moreover, if you're deep in the Apple ecosystem and have a tvOS, macOS and iOS device, there's zero incentive to use anything but AppleMusic.
Finally, iCloud storage is definitely worth it, especially if you're on a family plan with others who are not physically resident with you. It's arguably worth it, even for an individual, because it makes setup of new Apple devices a breeze. Maybe you have perfect, never-fail hard drives and devices, but even one catastrophic drive failure on a boot drive will make you glad that you've saved all your data to iCloud. Even if you do have a local backup solution, having iCloud as a tertiary backup provides a peace of mind that's worth more than the monthly price, in my opinion.
So glad I subscribed. Even with all family storages and mine 2tb, I am still paying less than 25/month and I cancel Apple TV and never had Apple Music, since I purchase and keep my music.
It did look enticing given Apple TV is in a mix and etc to gift for family/ but I am still saving rather then endless monthly subscription packet. Just pay for what you use is the best!
This channel is turning out to be very good for consumers as well
having the 50GB icloud already and am on a spotify family plan..
really dont see any reason to get it
same exact scenario for me!
I really appreciate this video because despite being an apple fan (as I am), he is actually warning us not to overly consume and give in to the short-sightedness of low monthly pricing. Arcade and TV+ are $5 a month each which doesn’t seem that bad on the surface, but are there enough games and TV shows to warrant consistently signing up for every month moving forward? Or can you potentially rotate these services once a month (or every quarter) since there is only 24 hours in a day?
Hey Andrew, could you do a video in depth of how to avoid this “iCloud storage trap”?
You touched on what it is, but how exactly are you/how can we avoid it, when data is constantly growing and piling on? It seems so easy to pull the trigger and upgrade from 200GB to 2TB, but then you’ve just progressed yourself into the iCloud Storage Trap! Then Apple will come out with their 3TB, 4TB, 5TB plans and if you keep progressing further into their trap, like you said, your monthly expenses will just 📈🤯! But again, the amount of data is forever growing, so how exactly are you avoiding this trap? And how can we do the same? Thanks! 🙏🏼
I only pay for Apple music and like 50 GB of iCloud storage I believe.
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I already had Apple Music (family), Tv + & iCloud. Getting Apple Ones saved me on my monthly cost and got Arcade included in the bundle. Great deal for those who already use their services.
It’s not just apple. Subscription services in general are a huge rip off. I miss one-time purchasing of products/content. It also sucks that you can’t choose which services are in your Apple One Individual Plan.
To be fair, most of the things offered are subscription based because it has ongoing development. The only things that aren’t really are music and games. You could just outright buy licenses for those if you really wanted. TV, News, Fitness, and iCloud are ongoing services. They can’t just be paid for once.
Yeah this isn’t compelling until my TV+ trial runs out or if Fitness+ is actually compelling.
This is why i never interested to upload my pictures to icloud, not only i need to pay for the huge amount of data for me to upload and download, but also the subscription. I use Synology NAS now to keep it on my own.
The apple One bundle Premier Lowered my Bill because until upgrade my cloud storage I was already paying that price now I have all 6 services instead of just one service
Good job throwing in personal finance, I’m a fan now 😎
This video made me really made me realize I’m not even using the stuff I’m paying for, thank you
You made some great points. Made me rethink what I actually use and what I would actually use.
This is why I love Xbox game pass. Yes it is a subscription service however if you choose to buy the games on the service you get a discount to keep it for yourself. Is Apple did the same thing with Games on Arcade or shows on TV plus or magazines for example, they would be better off. I get it selling subscriptions is a better thing to do for a business but give people the option to buy out right as well.
Well I literally use and pay for all of their subscriptions anyway. So Apple one is actually better for me than what I’m paying already
What's funny is as a student with a a Lebanese Apple ID is that I get Apple Music and TV+ for 2.49$/month... the individual plan costs 9.95$/month. (50GB 0.99$, Apple Arcade 5$. The sum is not even 10$.
Apple sheep waking up from a long slumber.. good night. Those bed bugs really do bite and they add up too
I feel that the Apple One subscription options could use some work. Why do I have to subscribe to Premier to get News and Fitness? Why do all the plans include Arcade, which I (and a lot of other people) will never use? Why can’t I choose the top subscription option without sharing?
For me the family plan costs CHF 25. We already pay 19 for family Apple Music and quite enjoy our free trial of Apple TV+. Once our free trials end we’ll get the Apple one family bundle which will cost the same as music and TV but also include arcade and 200gb iCloud for “free”
Great advice. I have 6 kids though, so it actually works for me - but for most people not in charge of a digital legion (!) this is something that should be taken into account.
I have a Family Plan of Apple Music and 2TB of Cloud storage we are 5 people. So it is really hard to sign out. You got a very good point on lowering these cost as much as possible. I live in Germany an basically every other week at some supermarket or elsewhere are Discounts on iTunes prepaid card 15-20% sometimes and then these services are a litte bit cheaper.
I’ve got all my music on my phone, converted from MP3. I have a specific playlist on YT that I add new tunes to and when it gets a bit large I’ll spend some time converting and adding them, I’ve been doing that since the early 00’s. Being lazy is expensive. I have one sub with Apple, 0.79 p/m for storage and as much as I hate seeing that one charge every month, it’s a cheap monthly reminder not to add any more, from ANY company.
I paid $10 for spotify. Switch to apple one premier and share it with 4 other family members. Now it comes out to $6. I get apple music. Which just on that is worth it. Plus all the other extras.
I mean, Netflix has been doing this for a decade now and nobody's canceling Netflix anytime soon.
This is the video I didn’t know I needed. I am going back into my accounts right now and making sure I actually use these things. Thanks!
Well, in Europe (at least in Poland) things are very different. For 20 PLN you have only Apple Music and for 25 PLN is the Apple One. 1$ = 4 PLN, so there’s only a bit more than 1$ difference for all the services vs just apple music. But don’t be jealous - devices are way more expensive compared to US prices.
For me and my family we use Apple Music, iCloud and TV+ all the time and my parents love news+, I’m also excited for fitness+ so the price is worth it for me, plus we have a deal where my dad pays my phone bill and I pay for apple one
I pay for News, Music, and iCloud anyway. There is no reason for me to not get Apple One. More for the same price. Gonna wait til February though- let TV+ free trial end and let Fitness+ launch.
I don’t like to look at subscriptions on a per-year basis, but rather compare it to my total monthly income. If I get 200 a month (I’m a student), I think €5 a month for apple music is a steal for how much I use it.
Great Video! I recently subscribed to the iCloud 2TB plan. I have always used external drives for back up but have always been concerned about drive failures. I thought iCloud would be a good way to keep all of my photos, documents, etc backed up without having to worry about losing everything due to an external drive failure. The other reason I went to iCloud is that i'm going to be splitting time at opposite sides of the country. I feel like I'll want to have access to my stuff while i'm away from home base. Is there a better way to do this? Is there a better way to back up? I'm also a photographer in my spare time so I have quite a photo collection. I swap out drives every couple years to be on the safe side and have multiple backup drives. Ugh.... Any thoughts or ideas would be great! Thanks.
What gets me is when I subscribe to an app then they come out with a new updated version and want to charge a whole new subscription and say it’s for new “features” and want to claim to be giving current subscribers a discount.
In Bulgaria 🇧🇬 it is 12 Euros , because there isn't Apple News...
I do this very smart, I have a special budget for monthly subscriptions. Meaning, if I subscribe to a service another service of the same kind / price will have to be cancelled. So I don't add each service on top of eachother. And the service that is cancelled should always be worse (in content, price etc) than the new service. For every kind of service I have an "allowance" of 2. Apple One and RUclips music. Apple One (TV) and Disney+, Amazon Prime (discounts, prime video and Twitch prime) and GamePass and Apple One (Arcade). See here some of these have multiple services. So they count as 1/2 or 1/3 for each of these services. Also there is an upper limit to all of this, and if that limit is passed the most expensive and least used service gets cut off.
So true. I’ve used just about every streaming service and cloud storage there is available here in Finland (iCloud, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, TIDAL, HBO Nordic, Viaplay, Netflix, RUclips Premium, Google Play One, Google Music and many many others) and for some I’ve paid too much for too long. But then I decited to save money and unsubscribed over time one by one almost all of them. Now I save about 1000€ per year. :)
In Poland Apple Music costs $5, Apple Arcade costs $6, Apple TV+ costs $6, it sums up to $17.
Apple One in Poland costs $7 and you get 50GB of iCloud.
I don't understand how that makes any sense but it looks like a quite good deal :D
A Weird thing is that its priced diffrent in other countries. In my country individual plan is 3x cheaper and family plan is 2x cheaper.
Quite frankly, I've always hated monthly payments.
I don't have to pay for home wifi, since I still live at home, and there are other monthly expenses that I can avoid because of that.
But all in all, I try to stay under 20€ / month for EVERYTHING. It's been working quite well, actually. Since you can share most services, and student accounts are a thing, this really works out well for now.
I pay below 19€ total for:
- A shitty phone internet plan,
- Netflix,
- 3 Domains,
- iCloud 50GB,
- A VPN,
- Amazon Prime,
- and some D&D stuff that I'm gonna be cutting down on next year probably.
(Thinking of dropping some of these D&D tools that I rarely use for the 1€ Google Drive subscription)
I'm just saying, you can make it work with little to no compromises, and you save a shit ton of cash.
I've seen this coming. Them removing the charger and making people buy the charger with the USB C port was just the beginning. This is another reason why I don't think the new macbooks will be all that, other than another reason for them to charge you more.
I had Apple tv+, Apple Music family plan and 2TB iCloud storage which is $29 a month , so the $29 a month package works out for me which adds : Fitness, Apple Arcade and News+. I pay the same amount and get more.
I think you bring up good points and thoughts that should be considered. However, I think you really over look the bulk aspect, especially when considering speeding the payment. Granted, if something does happen you do lose your library (at least until you can start back up the subscription again), but potentially paying $5 a month for Apple Music, fitness +, news +, arcade, 2tb of iCloud, and tv+ cannot be understated (less than $1 per service at that rate).
I think a much more potent argument is now this pretty much locks in many people; if one family member wants to switch to android it might not work. They’d be losing access to so much content, and raising the price for others too. On top of the price of switching ecosystems.
Maybe this plan doesn’t make sense for some, but I think it does for many.
For iCloud it depends. If with time they increase the storage capacity then it does make sense. Also I have the 200 GB plan and it’s been here since 2017. And still I have 70 GB left since I linked up my girlfriend. So I still have some time left. If they upgrade it will just be there forever without needing to sort it out. But I do see the point
I have Google Photos so I transferred most of my important Pics there and Deleted the unimportant ones. Plus I have a member of my family that gives me half of the price for Music News and now Arcade so I only pay $15 instead of $30.
Apple One is a good idea on paper, but it's way too structured. If Apple opened it up and allowed you to customize a plan based on what services you want, at a discount for bundling them, it would make more sense. The Individual plan for me would be nice, but I don't care about Apple Arcade. Number-crunching I would pay less money per year just paying for the individual services I actually use and want, as opposed to going with Apple One.
I think I’ll have to save this video to come back to whenever I feel like paying for apple one again
The only subscription I have is with Netflix. Apple TV was good for the one month free trial because I saw all the shows and movies I was interested in. They don’t have too many choices. But let me save you time with the shows I recommend “saving Jacob,” “The Servant,” and “see.” 2 movies I recommend are “grayhound” and “the banker.” Apple TV needs more choices. As well as fix there video quality playback consistency.
I’m glad you said this. Apple is so flagrant. Just look at the long list of examples on how they bamboozle they’re customers.
Apple One is definitely a win for my family since we’ll get two new services (News+ and Fitness+) and pay 5 dollars less per month than what we’re currently paying. It may not be for everyone but it definitely makes sense for us. Pay 35 for 4 services or pay 30 for 6 services... The choice is obvious.
Hey Drew, I don’t know if you would be interested in it, but I’ve noticed that you e put out a good number of videos about personal finance. Maybe a new Tailosive Finance channel would be fun? I would definitely be interested in it!
I justify Apple Music subscription because it's the cost of buying one 'CD' a month without the clutter of keeping the CD but it does suck that you don't own it a the end
What music are you using then? Great video. Good points.
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Same could be said for RUclips premium witch you are still subscribed to so it doesn’t really make sense if your trying to save when your still being subscribed to other subscriptions outside of Apple
It feels like it’s been at least a year now that I’ve been hearing you say that you “just don’t understand” News+. I have to wonder if you’ve tried to learn more about it or asked subscribers why they like it?
It’s not for everyone and that’s fine- some people just don’t read a lot of news, or don’t particularly care about the quality of the journalism they consume. But when you reduce the entire idea of paid news services to nothing more than “moving pictures as you scroll,” it seems like a lot of people’s preferences are being dismissed and ignored.
Yeah, especially since it includes the WSJ, Apple news plus is a steal for that alone.
$9.50 a month extra for 2tb storage , News plus Apple TV and Arcade for me if it cuts down buying papers and magazines just have to make sure you use the services and it’s good value
I’ll look into it once my Fitness+ free trial (when it comes out) ends. But I don’t know
Update?
@@luisdanielson800 Didn't have the balls to get Apple One. But I have fitness+ - It's absolutely incredible. The trainers, the music, the workouts are amazing. It's helped me stay fit during this time. The apple watch is the best motivator!
@@andrewcoccaro thanks for the reply! I will think about getting Apple one
Your wrong about Apple News+. The articles are significantly higher quality and longer than the smut and clickbait in the free section. You get access to several prolific publications, such as New Yorker, Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, Scientific American, and Wired. None of these publications are free, and in fact, some of them are quite expensive. For people who like to read, News+ is pretty good deal.
VPN services are the only worthy subscription services because it is legal to download music, movies, and apps in other countries and illegal in some countries. Get whatever VPN service suits your needs.
"I'm not that poor soo..." LOL
I calculated it in Euros the Apple one subscription is 179 € for a whole year. every subscription is 240€ for a whole year
I pay £6.99/month for 2Tb iCloud, £14.99/month for Spotify Family, and if Apple News+ was as good as Readly in terms of publications available (£7.99/month). Thankfully Netflix is included in my satellite service subscription. Undecided on Apple One at present.
News plus also includes magazine subscriptions which is a a huge saving.
this is the least apple sheep video I have seen in this channel
Torally agree... I prefer buying a good new guitar which will last forever and eventually I can sell or donate it. Virtual possessions vanish and are much more expensive in the long term
I personally use just 5 gb iCloud, I use 200 GB google drive for my photos and everything, it also saves so much storage on my phone using freeing up storage feature on Google Photos. I do not want to be locked to Apple services with limited functionality when using another OS, with Google, you can access everything from anywhere. I also use YT Premium for ad free RUclips and music.
The fitness centre model that you just described 😄😏 has been around for a while
Well I get Apple Music free on Verizon but I could save money by canceling my $35 gym membership for the premier membership and have friends and family pay me.
Funny thing is that the point of not owning the consumed product is actually not solely true for Apple services, but to so many others, too. Listening to this video makes one think these business models are a bad things. Maybe, that's what one should also think about, you don't need to actually "keep" the stuff you consume.
Not about keeping it, it's about having one time purchase price. The cost of your Music Library increases every month with a subscription. Whereas buying it once does not
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Yeah, yeah! I see that. But I think it’s important to note that not everyone wants to keep the stuff and is fine with it being that way.
I cancelled Apple Music some time ago and kind of had to fight myself because of the huge library I created by adding music I kinda liked. 😄
Tough one for sure!
Glad you make people aware of the costs behind the services!
The same argument can be said for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Hulu or any others “service”! Right?!
My family was paying for apple music, 2tb of icloud, and news+, with apple one we’ll now pay less and get more services for us to use
Wow, Apple One is a deal for me. With AppleMusic (I add 2 to 4 albums/month now in addition to the back catalogs that I have added. I have added more to my Apple Music than I owned previously), Apple TV+, and iCloud... I pay less than I will with Apple One, and I get Apple Arcade for "free". And all of my pictures are in my Photos library on my main iMac and then backed up to iCloud. If I stopped ICloud, I'd still have them. Just couldn't get them on all devices, just the one...
Solid ass review! Starting the year off dwindling down my subs. Shit adds up quick. They definitely want u locked in for life lol