With a subscription as expensive as AppleTV why do I still need to spend even more money to watch any of the good movies or shows? It doesn’t seem fair to make your subscribers pay so much so many times. Seems pointless to have a subscription just to pay more on top of that.
C222X,
Could you explain what you mean a little further, I have never encountered this. All of Apple’s original content for me is included with Apple TV+ subscription. I see that you had to pay for the Expanse but that’s not an Apple show, and therefore not a part of Apple TV+ but just sold on their iTunes marketplace like any other movie or show.
Could you explain what you mean a little further, I have never encountered this. All of Apple’s original content for me is included with Apple TV+ subscription. I see that you had to pay for the Expanse but that’s not an Apple show, and therefore not a part of Apple TV+ but just sold on their iTunes marketplace like any other movie or show.
Wridirector wrote:
Why are we paying for content when we pay a subscription fee each month? I'm cancelling.
There is only one scenario you would need to purchase Apple content with a subscription and that is in the case of watching a movie while it is still in theaters such as Argylle. You will be able to watch the movie for free exclusively from Apple when it becomes available.
Any other content that you would need to pay for is provided from other streaming services. This is the same way it works with other streamers such as Prime Video. Just because you have a Prime subscription does not mean you can view all of the content there for free.
To see only the Apple content that you can view for free, then select the Apple TV+ tab in the sidebar. If none of that content appeals to you, then I suggest you cancel the Apple TV+ service.
The Expanse is on Prime, not on Apple TV+, for subscription access.
For buy-to-keep, users do not need to be subscribed to Apple TV+ to buy movies or TV shows from the iTunes Store, nor does that bring any advantage. To buy a season, scroll down to How to Watch, then select Buy Seasons, then make your choice.
That movie is not part of the "Apple TV +" subscription.
The "Apple TV app", shows other content available to buy or rent that is not part of the "Apple TV +" subscription
Only "Apple TV +" shows/movies etc, that is Apple's own content is part of "Apple TV +" subscription, that is also offered as part of "Apple One"
Doylemb64 wrote:
Just cancelled for this very reason. Limited new content and the free old
stuff is a available on netflix prime or even good old cable.
Apple's original content, what you pay for when you subscribe to AppleTV+ is not, to the best of my knowledge, available anywhere else.
I signed up for new content but it is pretty slim. And hard to find with all the stuff they are selling.
So far in May, they have released Acapulco (Season 3), Dark Matter, Hollywood Con Queen, and The Big Cigar. Trying (Season 4) will be out on 5/22. Now, it may be that most or none of this is to your taste. If Apple doesn't release things you like, definitely cancel.
It's very easy to find the original content if you go to the Apple TV app.
Those two movies are currently in theaters. They will be coming to the Apple TV + subscription channel for streaming at a later date.
No.
That is not Apple Original content.
I don’t understand why so many people don’t have the mental capacity to understand something so simple.
AppleTV plus is a streaming service just like Netflix, Hulu, Disney, Peacock.
When you subscribe to AppleTV plus, you get access to only AppleTV plus content.
You don’t get access to everything ever released.
kforseth wrote:
This is complete BS. It is not OK to charge a lot of money for a subscription and then to charge huge sums in addition to that for your content. I know you are trying to justify this but it does not wash.
Your Apple TV subscription only includes original Apple content. That's it. Nothing else. If you want content that comes from some other outlet, you need to buy it. It's just like if you subscribe to the New York Times, you don't get the books from the New York Times Bestseller list for free.
The "Napoleon" movie is part of the "Apple TV +" subscription content. The movies that require you to rent or buy are not part of the subscription.
The subscription is only for "Apple TV +" content except when Apple offers subscribers limited-time to watch movies that are normally not part of the subscription. Such as the 50 limited-time to watch movies that are available now for March & April 2024
Have no idea why you would have to pay extra for Apple+ content as a subscriber. I don’t think I do.
As for other movies/programs they “rent/sell” to you, Apple doesn’t own the rights and have to pay someone else to stream it. It’s very much like Prime where they are simply creating a centralized system to search/view/rent purchase.
‘John Wayne Gacy: Devil in disguise’ (2021) is a mini series on Peacock, not Apple TV+, nor in the Apple iTunes Store (‘buy content’) for TV shows.
Users will need to subscribe to Peacock TV to see this.
Seems like some countries get content in Apple TV in UK original content for Apple TV is 5-6 films and 2 tv series that’s it rest are links to other services like Amazon prime and some links to pay to view content on those other platforms
Jaysclark wrote:
I watched the expanse on Disney+ which doesn’t charge extra
You're paying for Disney+ to watch content they provide. You can't watch non-Disney+ content for free ono Disney+.
Alex Sim wrote:
There is so little content anyway even if it was all free not worth £8.99 a month
Then don't subscribe. That seems easy enough.
That doesn’t answer my question at all. The only things I even want to watch on the app cost so much money on top of the already high price just to have the app. It’s not fair and seems like your subscribers are being double charged to watch anything worth watching. Including me. Not worth the money.
Why do I need to buy content when I already pay for the subscription
