Apple TV+ gets a 30% price hike, but you can save $50 - here's how

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Apple TV+ volition soon outgo $12.99 a month.
• The 30% terms summation is the streaming service's 3rd successful 3 years.
• The terms of a full-year subscription remains the aforesaid astatine $99

If you're an Apple TV+ subscriber, get acceptable to wage a small much adjacent month.

Starting today, the terms of a month's subscription to Apple's streaming work is $12.99 a month -- up 30% from the existent terms of $9.99 a month.

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For caller subscribers, the terms hike takes effect instantly (or astatine slightest erstwhile the seven-day proceedings play runs out). Existing subscribers volition wage the higher terms 30 days aft their adjacent renewal date.

While announcing the increase, Apple took the accidental to constituent retired its "deep room of hundreds of Apple Originals, with thousands of hours of premium programming," adding that it's "all ad-free." 

For comparison, the existent cheapest Netflix program is $7.99 a month, and a basal Disney+ and Hulu bundle (the standalone Hulu app is going distant soon, by the way) is $10.99 a month. So portion Apple TV+ is priced somewhat supra immoderate of its competition, those cheaper plans are supported by ads.

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When Apple TV+ debuted successful November 2019, it was $4.99 a month. That accrued to $6.99 a period successful October 2022, $9.99 a period successful October 2023, and present $12.99 a month. In little than 3 years, the terms has gone up much than 85%. 

As precocious arsenic this spring, you were capable to get the work for nether $3 a month, a woody that was adjacent unfastened to existent customers. 

What Apple TV+ offers

If you're not acquainted with Apple TV+ offerings, you're not alone. The work debuted successful 2019 but hasn't recovered the subscriber basal of different services contempt offering high-quality content. While Apple hasn't released coagulated information, manufacture reports say the institution is losing upwards of a cardinal dollars a twelvemonth connected the streaming service.

In summation to fashionable shows similar Severance and Ted Lasso, the work besides hosts exclusive Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball games, award-winning movies, and more. While their existent originals are gaining the astir attention, the backmost catalog is worthy a watch, too.

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There are inactive a fewer ways to prevention connected an Apple TV+ subscription. Aside from the 7-day escaped proceedings for caller accounts, astir Apple hardware purchases get you a 12-month, 6-month, oregon 3-month subscription for free.

If you privation to prevention immoderate money, the terms of a one-year subscription remains the aforesaid astatine $99. This chopped astir $21 disconnected the aged price, but it saves you much than $50 now. If you're reasoning astir subscribing oregon you're a existent subscriber, it mightiness not beryllium a atrocious thought to fastener successful that terms earlier it goes up again.