Apple TV+, the tech giant’s money-losing streaming service, is bumping up its price by 30%: For U.S. customers, it will now be $12.99 per month, up $3 from $9.99.
The company said it is raising the price of Apple TV+ in the U.S. and select international markets, effective starting Aug. 21 for new customers. Existing Apple TV+ subscribers will see the higher prices within 30 days of their next renewal date.
Churn is just naturally higher with streaming video — people subscription hop. Subscribe, catch up on all the exclusive content you’ve missed, then unsubscribe. Subscribe again when there are a few more exclusive shows you’ve missed again. Unsubscribe again. And Apple TV+ has been reported to have higher than average churn. So I think today’s price hike, affecting only the monthly price, is about dealing with that.
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Apple Inc. will open a new store in India’s southern tech hub of Bangalore early next month, ramping up its push into a key growth market.
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The Cupertino, California-headquartered company now runs two stores in India — a flagship shop in the country’s financial capital of Mumbai and a store in a southern Delhi mall. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook attended the openings of each in 2023.
The chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission warned Apple, Alphabet, and other technology companies on Thursday that efforts to comply with British and European digital content laws could violate U.S. law if they weaken privacy and data security protections for American users.
Innovation expertise had grown into a diverse and widely practiced vocation. Think tanks proffered their own models, such as the Brookings Institution’s blueprints for “Innovation Districts” distributed to municipalities nationwide. Universities, high schools, and even elementary schools developed innovation and entrepreneurship programs that reached thousands of students. A new generation of innovation experts came to prominence. Start-up founders and community activists alike argued that every stale and oppressive element of the status quo stood to be positively disrupted.
Then came the backlash.
Dear Apple TV+, how about getting some good long-running shows to encourage subscribers to stick around? Do something like Jeopardy!, perhaps? Or soap operas, like The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon?
Just don't bother trying to get Stephen Colbert. He probably remembers what happened to Jon Steward.
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