@paul when i was subscribed to apple music i'd get automated emails like "hey, you'll save money if you bundle your icloud+ and apple music!"

and i'd go and check and it'd always be more expensive

every time.

@paul

It sort of boils down to getting one of the services ‘free’ compared to ala carte pricing, except complicated by how much iCloud storage you need. And with one of those ‘services’ perhaps being a thing you would ‘never pay for, it end up ‘breaking even’, maybe?

So I bet I am far from the only one just buying ‘Apple One’ out of ‘fuck, I don’t even want to think about this anymore, just gimme the full hairball’

I’d gladly trade the ‘service I don’t really want’ for more iCloud storage.

@paul I wish Costco still sold the Apple News annual subscriptions. If I’m going to pay for news, I’d rather pay for a bundle of multiple sources like Apple News has. But $13 is too much when compared to what I consume, and how much TV costs to make on streaming services that cost less.

I could justify the annual cost more easily.

@paul
It “pays” off with six family members who have different interests, plus gets them to back up their devices rather than just “eh nah.”

It’s the way I read Edge magazine, even though I pay for it in print, because the small thin font is too brutal.