Paramount Plus + Showtime bundle on Apple TV won’t let me log onto Paramount Plus App

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I am really getting tired of this. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Now I have to either give it a password, which I don't have, or it wants me to sign up and pay again, which I already do. It should be this complicated.

When you subscribe to Apple TV app Channels, you have to watch it in the Apple TV app, not in the separate content provider app. These are different kind of subscriptions, with different terms and conditions and different perks and limitations, that need their own method of access, which is often not exchangeable. While CBS had made provisions for a crossover in the past, that may not extend to Paramount+ at this time, afaik.

So I deleted the separate content provider app when I signed up for the CBS + Showtime bundle. Then signed up through my Apple TV. It worked for awhile. Now every time I want to watch a program (Clarice, Equalizer) it wants to install the independent app and make me pay. And yet...and here it the really annoying part...if I want to watch CBS news or some of the other content, it works fine. Like I said before, it should be this hard.

I spoke with Apple support and the did not know the difference between an App and the channel... no help at all. Bundle seems to not include certain episodes. Frustrated as heck. Wish Apple would get their “stuff” together. Paramount plus is no help with their chat bot from ****. If anyone has any suggestions. I’m all over it. Channels on Apple TV seem to be a money pit.

I did these steps Tuesday and Apple directed me to contact the developer. Have yet to hear back from the claim/case they started. If anyone has had better luck, let me know